| American Godfathers: The Five Families
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| Premiere
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August 11, 2024
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| Finale
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August 13, 2024
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| Network/Provider
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History
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| Style
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120-minute nonfiction series
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| Company
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Propagate Media,
Barnicle Brothers
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| Episodes
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3
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| Origin
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USA
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| Official Site
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History
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Based upon Selwyn Raab's New York Times best-seller Five Families: The Rise, Decline and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires, American Godfathers: The Five Families traces the extensive history of the Mafia beginning with its early ties to Sicily. In 1931, Charles "Lucky" Luciano, a Sicilian-born gangster, created The Commission which acted as the governing body for the American Mafia and appointed the original "New York Five" - the Bonanno, Gagliano, Luciano, Mangano, and Profaci families. They lived by an honor code or set of rules; the most important was omertá meaning "silence." For a generation, omertá, the key to the Mafia's success, kept the families safe from law enforcement and public view as they made millions through wartime, depression, and changes in legislation to seamlessly move from one racket to the next.
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