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The Men Who Built America

2012 · 1 season

A polished, dramatic history lesson that makes industrial empire-building feel like a high-stakes chess match.

Genres
Documentary
Starring
Tim Getman, Michael Chmiel, David Donahoe
Overview
Influential builders, dreamers and believers whose feats transformed the United States, a nation decaying from the inside after the Civil War, into the greatest economic and technological superpower the world had ever seen. The Men Who Built America is the story of a nation at the crossroads and of the people who catapulted it to prosperity.

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  • Amazon Prime Video
More options Data from JustWatch
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Tim Getman, Michael Chmiel, David Donahoe
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • power
  • class
  • corruption
  • technology
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
documentary
Starring
Tim Getman, Michael Chmiel, David Donahoe, Ray Reynolds, Eric Rolland, Adam Jonas Segaller, AJ Achinger, Alex Falberg
Length
1 seasons, 4 episodes, 120 min each
Network
History
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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