TCS New York City Marathon Screening: Icarus and Post-Screening Chat with Academy Award-Winning Director Bryan Fogel

In Icarus, director Bryan Fogel’s bold gambit was this: to investigate doping in sports, Fogel (an amateur bike racer) would dope himself, observe the changes in his performance, and see if he could evade detection. In doing so, he was connected to a 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.
When the truth is more complex than imagined, and accusations of illegalities run to Russia's highest chains of command, the two realize they hold the power to reveal the biggest international sports scandal in living memory. Exemplifying the special bond between filmmaker and subject, this is a vital portrait of the sacrifice some people will make to stand up for truth. Icarus places you at the heart of an international game of cat and mouse, where a miscalculation can cost you your life.
After the screening, Bryan will sit down with Chris Weiller, senior VP, media, public relations and professional athletes at New York Road Runners to discuss the current state of doping in athletics and what the future will look like for clean athletes.
Doors open at 6:00 p.m. Screening is at 6:15 p.m., followed by a conversation at 8:15 p.m.