The discovery of a football-related brain trauma and the NFL's attempts to obfuscate the severity of the problem will be the focus of a new drama titled Concussion, which released its first trailer on Monday 10 days before the 2015 season kicks off. In the film, actor Will Smith plays Nigerian-born Dr. Bennet Omalu, a professor in the UC Davis Department of Medical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine who discovered the link between chronic traumatic encephalopathy and football players. Concussion, written and directed by investigative journalist-turned-filmmaker Peter Landesman, hits theaters December 25th. Omalu first found the brain trauma in Mike Webster, a retired Pittsburgh Steeler who suffered from dementia and depression after his playing career.
