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The 3 reasons people love The Men Who Built America

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  1. You like America after the Civil War becoming an industrial power.

  2. You like rivals fighting over money and monopolies.

  3. You like real people played by actors in dramatised scenes.

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  • The Corporation2003

    • rivals fighting over money and monopolies
    • real people played by actors in dramatised scenes

    Good for you if you want to understand how companies came to hold so much power.

  • Zeitgeist: Addendum2008

    • rivals fighting over money and monopolies
    • real people played by actors in dramatised scenes

    Good for you if you like asking who really controls money and banks.

  • Hitler: A Career1977

    • America after the Civil War becoming an industrial power
    • rivals fighting over money and monopolies
    • real people played by actors in dramatised scenes

    Good for you if you want to understand how the Weimar Republic fell to the Nazis.

  • Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room2005

    • rivals fighting over money and monopolies
    • real people played by actors in dramatised scenes

    Good for you if you like watching executives build a giant on numbers that weren't real.

  • Darkest Hour2017

    • America after the Civil War becoming an industrial power

    Good for you if you like May 1940 seen from inside Westminster.

  • The Crown2016

    • America after the Civil War becoming an industrial power
    • rivals fighting over money and monopolies

    Good for you if you like the second half of the 20th century seen from inside Buckingham Palace.

  • Betting on Zero2016

    • rivals fighting over money and monopolies
    • real people played by actors in dramatised scenes

    Good for you if you like watching billionaires fight over money and influence.

  • The Post2017

    • rivals fighting over money and monopolies
    • real people played by actors in dramatised scenes

    Good for you if you like the true story of the Pentagon Papers.

  • Queen Cleopatra2023

    • America after the Civil War becoming an industrial power
    • rivals fighting over money and monopolies
    • real people played by actors in dramatised scenes

    Good for you if you like Egypt's last pharaoh and her fight for the throne.

  • Amend: The Fight for America2021

    • America after the Civil War becoming an industrial power
    • rivals fighting over money and monopolies
    • real people played by actors in dramatised scenes

    Good for you if you like the real people who fought for equal rights in America.

  • Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates2019

    • real people played by actors in dramatised scenes

    Good for you if you like a portrait of a real man in his own words.

  • Inequality for All2013

    • rivals fighting over money and monopolies
    • real people played by actors in dramatised scenes

    Good for you if you want the American wealth gap explained in plain terms.

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