The true story of Donnie Brasco, FBI agent Joe Pistone who spent 5 years undercover in the Mafia and almost became a made man. This true crime documentary breaks down how he infiltrated the Bonanno crime family and what exposed the operation.
In 1976, FBI agent Joe Pistone disappeared into the New York Mafia as a jewel thief named Donnie Brasco. Five years later, the Bonanno crime family was about to make him a member.
This is the story of how he got that close, what it cost him, and what happened to the men who vouched for him.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Cold Open
1:15 The Ladder
2:21 Operation Sun-Apple
4:38 Eight Months of Nothing
6:10 A Gun on the Table
8:40 The Claim
10:40 Vouching for Agents
12:46 Sonny’s Man
14:52 The Contract
16:49 The Last Rung
18:15 The Hands
SOURCES
This video is based on Joe Pistone’s own accounts of his years undercover, particularly his books:
Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia
The Way of the Wise Guy
Donnie Brasco: Unfinished Business
Additional details come from Pistone’s podcast interviews and his 1988 testimony before the U.S. Senate.
CORRECTIONS
Any corrections will be listed here.
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