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Will Smith is already getting Oscar buzz of this portrayal of Dr. Bennet Omalu—a Nigerian forensic pathologist who found evidence of trauma in the brain related to concussions among NFL players–in the film, Concussion. Watch an extended sneak peek he
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00:00This is a game of awareness.
00:04It is a game of desire.
00:06You make collision.
00:08You be physical. You be violent.
00:10Bring it in. Here, let's go. Bring it in.
00:14Concussion is the story of a man who followed a journey
00:18to discovering a disease no one had ever heard of before
00:20that eventually ended up taking on America's greatest pastime.
00:26Growing up in Nigeria, I've never played football.
00:28I can tell something is wrong.
00:30This is a man who believes that the truth will set you free.
00:34If you don't speak for the dead, who will?
00:37Repetitive head trauma chokes the brain.
00:40You're going to war with a corporation that owns a day of the week,
00:44the same day the church used to own.
00:47Now it's theirs.
00:50When Bennett tried to simply issue his diagnosis,
00:54he was faced with a wave of oppression and aggression.
00:58You're an uneducated hack, Mr. Omalu.
01:00Dr. Omalu, get away from our game.
01:04The league has kept everyone in the dark.
01:06You've turned on the lights and gave their biggest boogeyman a name.
01:09No proof was presented today.
01:11Because there simply isn't any.
01:13Why are they doing this business?
01:15Will Smith's character, Bennett, is going up against the establishment,
01:18while at the same time, you know, he's got his own personal life
01:21and he's got his future to think about.
01:23They want you to say you made it all up.
01:25Do you think they're doing to you now?
01:26That's nothing.
01:27You have no idea how bad this could get.
01:29And it really does build like a thriller.
01:33Bennett! Bennett!
01:35Amalu has the guts to ride this all the way.
01:40If he'd walked away and kept his mouth shut,
01:42I don't think many people would have blamed him.
01:44But he fought.
01:45His battle and to see the powers come into play,
01:48it's a very compelling story.
01:50I have to keep going.
01:51He has a mission to deliver this information to the world.
01:56If they continue to deny my work,
01:58your men continue to die.
02:00Their families left in ruins.
02:02Football is the beating heart in America.
02:07And you want to end it?
02:11Who are you?
02:13Tell the truth.
02:17Tell the truth.
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