The Scheme

A two-year undercover FBI investigation into college basketball corruption came to a dramatic climax on September 26, 2017 with the arrest of ten individuals. The U.S. Attorney from the Southern District of New York stood before a plethora of cameras, clumsily reading salacious sound bites crafted for maximum repeatability by the media. Christian Dawkins, a 25 year-old aspiring sports agent, initially facing 200 years in prison, refused to cooperate with the government and instead sits down for the first time to discuss what really happened behind the scenes. Christian reveals a story of greed, corruption, and lies that became the biggest scandal in college sports history.

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Credits

Director:

Pat Kondelis

Executive Producer:

Michael H. Rockafellow, Jody M. Wingrove, Stephen Germer, Pat Kondelis, Peter Nelson, Rick Bernstein

Producer:

Lynsey Tamsen Jones

Cinematographer:

Matt Porwoll

Editor:

Sean McQueeney

Music:

Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans

Principal Cast:

Christian Dawkins, Steve Haney, Dan Wetzel, Rebecca Davis O' Brien

Additional Credits:

Supervising Producer: Lauren Barker, Titles & Motion Graphics: Jonathan Grubbs, Post Associate Producer: Justine Zárate

Contact

Distributor:

HBO

Public Film Contact:

Lynsey Jones
Bat Bridge Entertainment
lynsey@batbridgeent.com

Publicity Contact:

Patrick Byrne
Patrick.byrne@hbo.com
212-512-1361

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2020
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118 mins