You've seen fictional recounting of NYC's notorious Mafia culture in classic gangster films like Goodfellas, A Bronx Tale and The Godfather trilogy. Now learn about the real-life crime families that dominated New York City in the 20th century in a new three-part, six-hour documentary series from History Channel, kicking off tonight, August 11 at 8pm.
American Godfathers: The Five Families chronicles the founding and history of the Gambino, Genovese, Lucchese, Bonanno and Colombo families over a fifty-plus-year period, during which they "had a hand in every facet of organized crime in America from bootlegging and drug trafficking to extortion and gambling," per History Channel.
