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Amazon revolutionized the global economy almost overnight, dominating online retail and shifting our expectations around the distribution of our daily products—but at what cost? Explore how the company, ruled by the world’s richest man, became the empire of technology and commerce it is today. Focusing on the invisible aspects of its grip on power, the film takes us from inside warehouses and the frontlines of worker protests to its massive cloud data centres in Northern Virginia through which 70% of the world's internet flows. As the Amazon monolith continues to grow, so too should our resolve to question the impacts of its pervasiveness on our lives.