The 2022 World Cup arrives in Qatar trailed by controversy, and journalist Christa Hofmann sets out to test the biggest claims against the small Gulf emirate. She tours the newly built stadiums, some cooled by heavy air conditioning despite the tournament's move to November, and talks to the migrant workers who built them about conditions on site. Qatari officials and World Cup fan representatives defend the country's record, while Middle East analysts weigh in on allegations that FIFA officials took bribes to award the hosting rights in the first place. The film also tracks the carbon footprint of staging a major tournament in a desert climate that regularly hits 50 degrees Celsius in summer. Hofmann treats Qatar's push for global standing through mega sporting events as the throughline connecting the corruption allegations, the labor abuse claims, and the environmental cost, letting officials and critics make their case in their own words rather than settling the argument for the viewer.