It was an initial attempt by Fogel to expose the inadequacy of existing policies and procedures to catch athletes who use banned performance-enhancing substances.

While investigating the furtive world of illegal doping in sports, Bryan Fogel, an American filmmaker and a high-level amateur cyclist, connects with Russian scientist Grigory Rodchenkov, the director of the Moscow Anti-Doping Laboratory.

Fogel, disappointed after doing worse in the grueling Haute Route Alps race while doping than he had done the previous year, visits Rodchenkov in Moscow.

Back at home, he follows developing allegations of a Russian state-sponsored Olympic doping program overseen by Rodchenkov, and sees images in the international media of his friend and the lab he had visited.

His spreadsheets, discs, e-mails, and other incriminating evidence of Russian governmental involvement forced the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the International Olympic Committee to investigate.

[12] During his on-stage acceptance remarks at the ceremony, director Bryan Fogel said:We dedicate this award to Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov, our fearless whistle-blower who now lives in great danger.