Icarus (2017)

Directed by

Bryan Fogel

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 01m

Rated

12

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 832 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A filmmaker sets out to expose flaws in anti-doping rules for sports. His project takes a dangerous turn when a Russian scientist becomes a whistleblower in a major doping scandal.

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What happens

Icarus is a 2017 American documentary film by Bryan Fogel. It was an initial attempt by Fogel to expose the inadequacy of existing policies and procedures to catch athletes who use banned performance-enhancing substances. But later, the project shifted its focus after pressures related to the World Anti-Doping Agency's investigation of doping in Russia led Grigory Rodchenkov, the head of the Moscow Anti-Doping Laboratory and one of Fogel's primary advisors, to flee Russia and become a whistleblower. The film premiered on January 20, 2017, at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, where it won The Orwell Award, a U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award. Its distribution rights were acquired by Netflix, which released Icarus for streaming globally on August 4, 2017. On March 4, 2018, the film won Best Documentary Feature at the 90th Academy Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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