Icarus

2017 7.6 (768 votes) 2h 1m

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Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Diamond Docs
Impact Partners
Alex Productions
Chicago Media Project

Truth is the new banned substance.

Overview

While investigating the furtive world of illegal doping in sports, director Bryan Fogel connects with renegade Russian scientist Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov—a pillar of his country’s “anti-doping” program. Over dozens of Skype calls, urine samples, and badly administered hormone injections, Fogel and Rodchenkov grow closer despite shocking allegations that place Rodchenkov at the center of Russia’s state-sponsored Olympic doping program.