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Will smiths concussion movie trailer must be terrifying. Writerdirector peter landesman, a journalist himself, based concussion on a 2009 story in gq by journalist jeanne marie laskas about omalu and the nfls scandalous campaign to discredit and. After the mental breakdowns and deaths of several nfl players, dr. In steven spielbergs the post, meryl streep brings katharine grahams 1971 decision to have the washington post publish the top secret pentagon papers to.
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