American Godfathers: The Five Families

Follows the American Mafia from their early development in New York City neighbourhoods. It explores how public violence, involvement in the drug trade, and appearances at government hearings affected the families' operations.

Focuses on the deadly conflict between the Families' old guard and a new generation of younger mobsters willing to defy the authority of the bosses and the long-established rules in order to fulfil their own ambitions of power, wealth, and revenge.

Shows how a decidedly new, 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 in the past.