
Documentary Style
NarrativeMartha
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
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.