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Season 1 – The Dark Money Game

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Investigating the shadowy world of political donations and fundraising 15 years after the Supreme Court's decision in the Citizen's United case, which enabled unlimited spending by hidden sources on many political campaigns; the project is inspired by Jane Mayer's book "Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right," and features interviews with journalists including Mayer, as well as lawmakers, judges, FBI investigators, whistleblowers, and insiders on both sides of the issue; through two separate stories, the films reveal how an untraceable web of money from wealthy individuals and corporations representing business interests or religious agendas flows through non-profits and super PACs (political action committees) to support candidates and political movements.
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Eric Deggans NPR Apr 17
Gibney's films offer a potent argument tracing the problem to an avalanche of dark money easily hidden from the public's view. Go to Full Review Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter Apr 16
This is important stuff, but unfortunately it is not good storytelling from a filmmaker who, far more often than not, knows from good storytelling. Go to Full Review Russ Simmons KKFI-FM (Kansas City) Apr 18
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It’s incisive and meticulously constructed. Go to Full Review Christopher Campbell Nonfics (Substack) Apr 12
If you aren’t feeling cynical enough the way American politics are going right this instant, with a clearly corrupt U.S. government on a mission to find corruption in the U.S. government, Alex Gibney’s The Dark Money Game will beat you down even further. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Laura A. Bischoff

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James Bopp

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Russ Feingold

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Jane Mayer

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David M. McIntosh

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Jonathan Riehl

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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Apr 15, 2025 Ohio Confidential A political lobbyist is found shot to death; his apparent suicide highlights a turn in Ohio's largest public corruption case; the case gets uncovered by federal investigators and was nearly concealed by loose super PAC campaign financing rules. Details Episode 2 Aired Apr 15, 2025 Wealth of the Wicked Tracing the tangled history of campaign finance back to the creation of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) in 1975, the 2002 McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform Bill, and the Citizens United decision of 2010. Details

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Season Info

Director
Alex Gibney
Executive Producer
Richard Perello, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, Sara Rodriguez
Screenwriter
Alex Gibney, Jane Mayer
Network
HBO
Rating
TV-14
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date
Apr 15, 2025