Doctor hurt by critics
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Did you know
The film’s producer is Ridley Scott, who directed The Martian.
Directed by Peter Landesman, Concussion is a new drama based on the true story of a doctor’s fight to expose the truth.
Dr. Bennet Omalu (Will Smith) is a Nigerian doctor who travels to America to work. While inspecting the body of an American football player who recently died, Dr. Omalu finds evidence of a problem called CTE, a football-related brain trauma. He believes that the death was caused by CTE as a result of the repeated head injuries and concussions that a professional football player receives.
Dr. Omalu expects his discovery to be welcomed by the sport, but instead finds himself fighting against the sport’s most powerful interests who want him to hide the truth.
See who wins the David and Goliath struggle when Concussion opens in local cinemas on February 18.
Vocabulary
- trauma (n): an injury
concussion (n): a temporary loss of consciousness caused by a blow to the head
David and Goliath (adj): used to describe a situation in which a small or weak person or organisation tries to defeat another much larger or stronger opponent
