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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