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1575 S State Street Salt Lake City, UT 84115
Come enjoy thought-provoking documentaries at the Center for Arts and Media!
Each screening will be followed by a discussion with SLCC faculty.
Free and open to the public | No tickets required
Screenings begin at 6 PM
SLCC South City Campus Screening Room
1575 S. State Street, Salt Lake City
Free parking after 5:00 PM on the east side of South City Campus using code FALLFILMS at the kiosk. Click HERE for the Map.
ICARUS
In the audacious documentary 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.
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