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American Godfathers: The Five Families

Season 1 · 3 episodes · Aug 11, 2024

An account of the founding and history of the Gambino, Genovese, Lucchese, Bonanno and Colombo families — also known as the famed five crime families of New York.

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    Episode 1

    Death of the Old Rules

    Aug 11, 2024

    Chronicles the American Mafia's rise from NYC neighborhoods through Prohibition, the 1950s boom, and how violence, drugs, and hearings undermined their code of honor.

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    Episode 2

    Rise of the New Dons

    Aug 12, 2024

    Rise of The New Dons focuses on the deadly conflict between the Families' old guard and a new generation of younger, American-born, mobsters willing to defy the authority of the bosses and the long-established rules in order to fulfill their own ambitions of power, wealth, and revenge.

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    Episode 3

    The Last Don

    Aug 13, 2024

    The Last Don shows how a decidedly new, more aggressive commitment by law enforcement to "eradicate" the mafia forces the families to find creative ways to stay in business and out of jail. But it's not as easy as it's been in the past and some are willing to throw it all away, once and for all.