The movie Concussion (2015) is Darien Library’s Friday Night Feature for Friday, June 3. It will play at 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. in the Community Room at the library.

The film stars Will Smith and also features Stephen Moyer, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Alec Baldwin, Eddie Marsan, Luke Wilson; Rated PG-13; 123 minutes; Presented with Captions for the hearing impaired.

Filmmaker Peter Landesman (Parkland) wrote and directed this sports-themed drama based on Jeanne Marie Laskas’ GQ article “Game Brain,” about the potentially horrific cost of playing football.

Pittsburgh-based neuropathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu (Will Smith) discovers a degenerative brain disease now known as CTE in the autopsies of several deceased pro-football players, but after presenting his research, he finds himself under fire from the NFL.

Additional parking for evening and weekend Library programs on Thorndal Circle (behind Nielsen’s).

Here’s the trailer:

More information:

Official website — IMDb — Rotten Tomatoes — MetaCritic — Wikipedia — History vs. Hollywood