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Amazon empire : the rise and reign of Jeff Bezos / a Frontline production with Left/Right Docs ; WGBH ; directed by James Jacoby ; written and produced by Anya Bourg & James Jacoby ; correspondent, James Jacoby ; co-produced by Megan Robertson.
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- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Frontline.
- Frontline
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bezos, Jeffrey.
- Amazon.com (Firm)--History.
- Amazon.com (Firm).
- Booksellers and bookselling--United States--Biography.
- Booksellers and bookselling.
- Businessmen--United States--Biography.
- Businessmen.
- Electronic commerce.
- History.
- Internet bookstores.
- United States.
- Internet bookstores--United States--History.
- Electronic commerce--United States--History.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Television programs for the hearing impaired.
- Biographical television programs.
- Documentary television programs.
- History.
- Nonfiction television programs.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Television programs for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Widescreen version.
- Distribution:
- [Arlington, Virginia] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2020]
- Other Title:
- Amazon empire
- Rise and reign of Jeff Bezos
- Frontline: Amazon Empire
- Place of Publication:
- [Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2020]
- Language Note:
- In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).
- System Details:
- DVD; NTSC, Region 1; wide screen (16x9); Dolby Digital stereo.
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- Dolby digital 2.0
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- 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.
- Participant:
- Correspondent, James Jacoby ; narrator, Will Lyman ; featuring Jeff Bezos, Joshua Weinstein, Christian Davenport, Amy Webb, Andreas Weigend, Brad Stone, Shel Kaphan, James Marcus and others.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Jeremy Gould ; editors, Chris O'Coin, Fanny Lee ; music, Mat Davidson.
- Notes:
- Documentary.
- "SDH subtitles (subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing) are a function of the disc and serve the same purpose as closed captions"--Container.
- Title and credits from screen; statement of responsibility from ending credits.
- Originally broadcast as an individual episode of Frontline on PBS on February 18, 2020.
- Wide screen (16x9).
- ISBN:
- 9781531711252
- 1531711251
- OCLC:
- 1142636631
- Publisher Number:
- 841887043007
- FR61907 PBS
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