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Martha (2024) documentary poster

Documentary Style

Narrative

Martha

Why Watch

The extraordinary rise of America's first self-made female billionaire—brilliant, difficult, and culturally transformative. An unflinching portrait of empire-building and resilience.

Year

2024

Type

film

Runtime

114 min

Language

English

Director

R.J. Cutler

Genres

BusinessBiographyArts & Culture

Summary

From working-class New Jersey to America's first self-made female billionaire. Then prosecutors sent her to prison over a $46,000 stock sale.

This documentary follows Martha Stewart through intimate interviews and unprecedented access to personal archives. Teenage model turned Wall Street stockbroker when trading floors lacked women's bathrooms. Catering entrepreneur who built a media empire worth over a billion dollars, transforming domestic work into cultural currency. Then came James Comey's prosecution—not for insider trading, but for perjury. Five months in prison, billions lost, empire destroyed.

An unflinching portrait of the "original influencer" who reshaped American culture and rebuilt herself into an unlikely icon for a new generation.