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Cognitive Stimulation/50
40
Educational Value/50
44
Craft & Quality/50
40
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The TVI Take
A filmmaker accidentally exposes the Russian state doping program while trying his own amateur doping experiment. Oscar-winning documentary with exceptional educational value about institutional corruption, whistleblowing, and state-sponsored cheating.
The story evolves organically from a personal experiment into a geopolitical scandal.
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