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icarus film posterWednesday, February 28, 2018
5:30 PM
Maeder Hall, Andlinger Center for Energy + the Environment
FREE and open to public

Join Producer David Fialkow, PIIRS Director and Russia Expert Stephen Kotkin and Professor of Visual Arts in the Lewis Center for the Arts Su Friedrich for a special opportunity to hear about the making and implications of ICARUS, the documentary that uncovered the state-sponsored Russian doping scandal and got Russia banned from the 2018 Olympics. ICARUS was voted a top documentary at Sundance and sold to Netflix for what was reportedly the largest ever paid for a documentary out of Sundance.

Read more about Icarus’ story and impact in the New York Times here:  https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/03/movies/icarus-netflix-russia-olympic-doping.html

The full documentary is available here on Netflix:  https://www.netflix.com/title/80168079

This event is free and open to the public. No tickets or reservations are required.

Refreshments served.


This event is sponsored by Princo and General Catalyst.

ABOUT THE FILM

2018 Oscar Nomination for Best Documentary Feature

Documentary | U.S.A. | 2017 | Netflix
English and Russian, with English subtitles

Director: Bryan Fogel

Producer: David Fialkow

When filmmaker and amateur cyclist Bryan Fogel begins an experiment on the effects that doping has on athletes, it quickly evolves into a story he never could have imagined. His search for truth leads him to renegade Russian scientist Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov, a pillar of his country’s anti-doping program. As his connection with the scientist deepens, he realizes just how far up the Russian chain of command the Olympic doping collusion goes – and more shocking yet, that he holds the power to reveal the biggest international sports scandal in living memory. Read more about Icarus’ story and impact in the New York Times.

Icarus was voted a top documentary at Sundance and sold to Netflix for what was reportedly the largest ever paid for a documentary out of Sundance.

Learn more about the film at www.icarus.film/

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