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American Godfathers: The Five Families

Season 1
The rise and fall of New York City's five Mafia families, who—over a fifty-plus-year period—had a hand in every facet of organized crime in America.
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  1. S1 E1 - American Godfathers: The Five Families
    August 10, 2024
    1 h 26 min
    TV-14
    Follows the American Mafia from their early development in New York City neighborhoods through Prohibition, to the boom days of the 1950's.
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  2. S1 E2 - Rise of The New Dons
    August 11, 2024
    1 h 26 min
    TV-14
    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.
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  3. S1 E3 - The Last Don
    August 12, 2024
    1 h 26 min
    TV-14
    A decidedly 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 and some are willing to throw it all away.
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Producers
Propagate Content
Cast
Michael Imperioli
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HISTORY
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