Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd vs Icarus
Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.7/10 for Icarus). Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd is the shorter watch at 1h 29m compared with 2h 1m. Icarus is the older of the two (2017 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd
Icarus| Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd | Icarus | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.7/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2017 |
| Length | 1h 29m | 2h 1m |
| Genres | Crime, Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | United Kingdom | – |
| Director | Kwabena Oppong | Bryan Fogel |
| Main cast | – | Bryan Fogel, Dave Zabriskie, Don Catlin, Grigory Rodchenkov, Scott Brandt |
Synopsis
Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd
Five years since the murder of George Floyd – the police killing that set America on fire with rage and sparked a wave of protests around the world, director Kwabena Oppong's film explores one of the most important and defining events in modern history. Featuring ground-breaking interviews with members of George Floyd’s family, the Minneapolis Police Chief who took the bold step of testifying against one of his own officers, Boris Johnson’s…
Icarus
While investigating the furtive world of illegal doping in sports, director Bryan Fogel connects with 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.
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