Watch the trailer for ‘The Altruists,’ Netflix’s show about the FTX scandal
Netflix is set to release 'The Altruists,' a documentary series chronicling the rise and fall of Sam Bankman-Fried and Caroline Ellison following the FTX scandal. The show explores the ethical failures behind the effective altruism movement that defined the company's culture.
Why it matters
It highlights the intersection of high-stakes financial crime and pop culture, reflecting public interest in the accountability of tech leaders.
It’s a great time to be alive if you follow tech news and love messy drama. We’re not just getting a Nathan Fielder documentary about Elizabeth Holmes this fall. Netflix’s “The Altruists,” which follows Sam Bankman-Fried and Caroline Ellison through the scandal that crushed FTX and landed them in prison, is coming out on November 19.
It’s just in time for Thanksgiving, assuming that another infamous Sam doesn’t ruin our holiday plans again.
Here’s the trailer, starring Anthony Boyle as Sam Bankman-Fried and Julia Garner as Caroline Ellison:
We can’t say we ever expected that the ethical disconnects behind effective altruism were going to pique the interest of Hollywood, but hopefully, Netflix will do the strangeness of this story justice.
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