How to Become a Tyrant (2021)

Genre

documentary film, documentary television program

Country

United States

Length

1 season, 6 episodes

Rated

TV-MA

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 243 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary series uses historical examples to explain how dictators seize and hold power. It is narrated by Peter Dinklage and draws from a book about political strategy.

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What happens

How to Become a Tyrant is a Netflix docu-series narrated by Peter Dinklage. It is partly based on the 2011 non-fiction book The Dictator’s Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics. It was followed by another series using the same format, also narrated by Dinklage, called How to Become a Cult Leader, which was released on 28 July 2023. On 14 November 2023, How to Become a Mob Boss was released. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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