For sheer newsworthiness, Bryan Fogel’s documentary Icarus must qualify as perhaps the most impactful documentary of the year.The film played a key role in exposing the vast athletics doping program orchestrated by the Russian government, which recently prompted the International Olympic Committee to ban Russia from the upcoming Winter Games in South Korea.
“‘Icarus’ was one [piece] of the evidence that the [IOC] used in making that decision and we’re very pleased about that,” Fogel tells Deadline. “That was a proud moment as filmmakers, to be recognized in that capacity by the Olympic organization…”