It looks as though Netflix has gone and dropped another landmark docuseries, with Fear City: New York vs The Mafia being labelled 'outstanding' by viewers. You can watch the official trailer below:
The three-part series is from the makers of Don't F*** With Cats and looks into the Mafia Commission Trial, which took place in New York in the 1980s.
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Between February 1985 and November the following year, police in New York joined forces with the FBI to press charges against the 'Five Families' of organised gangs.
They were the Bonanno, Colombo, Gambino, Genovese and Luccese families, who held a powerful and seemingly insurmountable grip on the city.
The docu-series follows the incredible story of the history-making organised crime investigation and prosecution brought against the mob bosses.
And if you don't believe us, let the people speak:
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Executive producers include Dimitri Doganis, Adam Hawkins and Bart Layton, who produce on behalf of RAW, the company behind the Netflix sensation Don't F**k With Cats.
Fear City director Sam Hobkinson told Rolling Stone: "I grew up in the '70s and '80s in the UK. For me, New York was a mythical place - violent and exciting.
"You wouldn't go there, because everyone said it was too dangerous - and for that reason, it was exotic. So this was an opportunity to tell a panoramic tale of New York, from the wiseguys on the streets all the way up to the lawmakers in City Hall, at this most dramatic point in its history.
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"Most mob stories are told from the point of view of the mobsters but we decided the main thread of the narrative would be the FBI investigation.
"Then, generically, it becomes a techno-spy thriller with all the bugging and surveillance. Our incredible team of researchers managed to unearth amazing surveillance tapes that haven't been heard before and hundreds of photographs that haven't been seen."
Fear City: New York vs The Mafia is available to stream on Netflix now.
Topics: Netflix
