HEAD GAMES is a revealing documentary from the director of “Hoop Dreams” about the silent concussion crisis in American sports. Athletes from the professional to the youth levels share their personal struggles in dealing with the devastating and long-term effects of concussions, an epidemic fueled by the “leave everything on the field” culture so prominent in American Sport.
Head Games is presented by Brooke Mills and www.LessenTheImpact.org
Brooke is a local high school student whose life was affected by a concussion during her freshman year gym class. Since then Brooke has been speaking out as a Peer to Peer Educator with the Brain Injury Association of NH to increase awareness of concussions. Brooke is the current Miss Capital Area’s Outstanding Teen and will be available following the film for a question and answer session. In the Library Auditorium.
