Known as the shortcut between two oceans, Panama is famous for its canal, its skyscraper-lined capital, and its use of the US dollar. But it's also the country behind the largest data leak in history, the Panama Papers, which exposed hidden fortunes belonging to world leaders, athletes, and celebrities.

In this 4K documentary, we look at how a failed French canal became an American triumph, how that canal eventually came back into Panamanian hands in 1999, and how a quiet law firm called Mossack Fonseca built an entire industry around hiding money, until 11.5 million of its own documents leaked in 2016. We also get into the side of Panama that never makes headlines: the colonial streets of Casco Viejo, the semi-autonomous Guna Yala islands, and the gap between the wealth passing through the canal and the people actually living along it.

If you're curious how a strip of land 80 kilometers wide ended up shaping global shipping and global secrecy at the same time, this documentary breaks it down.

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