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Summary:

Examines Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos's ascent to power and the global impact of the empire he built. The film also investigates the darker side of the company's rapid growth: worker exploitation, product safety problems, and surveillance; as well as the challenge of trying to rein in the power of the richest man in the world.

Contributors:

Jacoby, James (Television producer) , television director, screenwriter, television producer

Bourg, Anya , screenwriter, television producer

Bezos, Jeffrey , onscreen participant

Gould, Jeremy , director of photography

O'Coin, Chris , editor of moving image work

Lee, Fanny, 1973- , editor of moving image work

Davidson, Mat , composer

Left/Right (Firm) , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

PBS Distribution (Firm) , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

In English.

Related Works:

Contained in: Frontline (Television program)

Subjects:

Bezos, Jeffrey

Amazon.com (Firm) — History

Booksellers and bookselling — United States — Biography

Businessmen — United States — Biography

Internet bookstores — United States — History

Electronic commerce — United States — History

Amazon.com (Firm)

Booksellers and bookselling

Businessmen

Internet bookstores

Electronic commerce

United States

Genres:

Television programs

Biographical television programs

Documentary television programs

Nonfiction television programs

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Biographies

History

System Details:

DVD; NTSC; region 1; Dolby Digital stereo.

Performers:

Correspondent, James Jacoby ; narrator, Will Lyman ; with: Jeff Bezos, Joshua Weinstein, Christian Davenport, Amy Webb, Andreas Weigend, Brad Stone, Shel Kaphan, James Marcus and others.

Production Credits:

Director of photography, Jeremy Gould ; editors, Chris O'Coin, Fanny Lee ; music, Mat Davidson.

General Notes:

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)
Originally broadcast as an individual episode of Frontline on PBS on February 18, 2020.
Wide screen.

Audience:

TV rating: TV-G.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; stereo; Dolby Digital 2.0

Video Characteristics:

NTSC

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

AMA 2020 DVD

ISBNs:

9781531711252
1531711251

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 841887043007
Publisher Number, PBS: FR61907

OCLC Numbers:

1142636631