Icarus
Release Date
2017
Film Synopsis
When American filmmaker and cyclist Bryan Fogel plunges into a vast doping operation involving a Russian scientist—now Putin's most-wanted whistleblower—the two realize they hold the power to reveal the biggest international sports scandal in living memory.
When documentary filmmaker and amateur bike racer Bryan Fogel set out to make ICARUS he had one goal: to examine how easy it is to get away with doping in professional sports. Instead, he was connected to a Russian doctor-turned-whistleblower, Grigory Rodchenkov. Together, they blew the lid off a state-sponsored doping scheme that has been ongoing in Russia for decades and which directly led to Russia being banned from the 2018 Winter Games in South Korea.
An Academy Award−winner for Best Documentary Feature, the film is a portrait of the sacrifice some people will make to stand up for truth.