One of the greatest gifts any documentary can get is direct contribution from everyone involved in the story on display. “What Carter Lost,” the latest film in the Espn “30 for 30” docuseries, gives a thorough look at a tumultuous few months in late 1989, as one Dallas high school ascended to the heights of Texas football – before some players lost nearly everything.
For casual or non-football fans, director Adam Hootnick sets up the on-field supremacy of the Carter High School squad. Lauded here by at least one NFL hall-of-famer as the greatest high school football team in history, this group of Carter students came to wider cultural attention when their 1989 playoff run collided head-on with Odessa Permian, the team profiled in “Friday Night Lights,” Buzz Bissinger’s book that begat the film and later TV series.
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For casual or non-football fans, director Adam Hootnick sets up the on-field supremacy of the Carter High School squad. Lauded here by at least one NFL hall-of-famer as the greatest high school football team in history, this group of Carter students came to wider cultural attention when their 1989 playoff run collided head-on with Odessa Permian, the team profiled in “Friday Night Lights,” Buzz Bissinger’s book that begat the film and later TV series.
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- 8/24/2017
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
An elderly Utah man has become the first confirmed person to die in the United States from the mosquito-transmitted Zika virus. The unidentified Salt Lake County resident tested positive for the virus last month and later died of internal bleeding after he was hospitalized for Zika symptoms, including a high fever, rash and joint pain, Salt Lake County Health Department director Gary Edwards tells People. "He had visited a country that we know has ongoing Zika transmission, and when he was tested at the hospital, it was confirmed that he had the virus," says Edwards. "Death from Zika is quite rare.
- 7/11/2016
- by Cathy Free, @cathyjfree
- PEOPLE.com
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