{"586105":{"#nid":"586105","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Screening of \u201cRequiem for a Running Back\u201d","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis film\u0026nbsp;features the story of Lew Carpenter who suffered from CTE due to his career as a college and professional football player. The screening will be held on February 13 at 6:30 pm in the student center theater. It will be followed by a panel discussion and talk back featuring the film\u0026#39;s director Rebecca Carpenter who is also Lew\u0026#39;s daughter as well as our own Matt Ventresca. Von DuBose who has been involved in concussion litigation will also speak on the panel. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003ERequiem for a Running Back\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nPost-Film Panel and Talk Back\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nMonday, February 13 @ 6:30 pm\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nStudent Center Theater\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nFree and Open to the Public\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ERequiem for a Running Back \u003C\/em\u003ESynopsis\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDirector Rebecca Carpenter\u0026rsquo;s father, Lewis Carpenter, was a running back for Vince Lombardi\u0026#39;s NFL Champion Green Bay Packers. When he dies, her family receives a surprise call from Boston University\u0026rsquo;s brain bank requesting his brain \u0026ndash; with shocking results. Lew becomes the 18th NFL player diagnosed postmortem with Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative neurocognitive disorder that can cause episodes of rage, social withdrawal, and other unusual behaviors. Carpenter finds herself at ground zero of an unfolding public health controversy and embarks on a three-year odyssey across America to explore the far-reaching implications of this \u0026ldquo;new\u0026rdquo; disease in football players.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Join the Sports, Society, and Technology program and the School of History and Sociology for the screening of \u0022Requiem for a Running Back.\u0022"}],"uid":"27332","created_gmt":"2017-01-18 16:19:28","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:13:15","author":"Amy D\u0027Unger","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2017-02-13T18:30:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2017-02-13T20:30:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2017-02-13T20:30:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2017-02-13 23:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2017-02-14 01:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2017-02-14 01:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"585682":{"id":"585682","type":"image","title":"requiem for a running back","body":null,"created":"1483994730","gmt_created":"2017-01-09 20:45:30","changed":"1483994730","gmt_changed":"2017-01-09 20:45:30","alt":"","file":{"fid":"223259","name":"requiem_for_a_running_back.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/requiem_for_a_running_back.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/requiem_for_a_running_back.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":145585,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/requiem_for_a_running_back.jpg?itok=64WzqcEr"}}},"media_ids":["585682"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1288","name":"School of History and Sociology"},{"id":"473211","name":"_OLD: School of History and Sociology Student Blog"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"172801","name":"HSOC news"},{"id":"173246","name":"HSOC events"},{"id":"167014","name":"Sports"},{"id":"167044","name":"society"},{"id":"11503","name":"and Technology"},{"id":"168974","name":"SST"},{"id":"168508","name":"School of History and Sociology"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDr. Mary McDonald\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:mary.mcdonald@hsoc.gatech.edu?subject=%22Requiem%20for%20a%20Running%20Back%22\u0022\u003Emary.mcdonald@hsoc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}