THE CRIME THAT BUILT A NATION
For over 250 years, the U.S. government engineered policies that extracted staggering wealth from Black Americans.
SERIES SYNOPSIS
THE INVOICE is a nonfiction docuseries that approaches American racial injustice as the longest-running heist in U.S. history: a coordinated transfer of wealth,
sanctioned by federal authority.
THE INVOICE investigates this ongoing financial crime and pursues the evidence that proves the debt—and challenges America to finally pay
up.
Across six 50-minute episodes, the series traces the criminal paper trail—from slavery to segregation to today’s discriminatory algorithms—revealing how federal
policies enabled the plunder of Black labor, land, wages, and opportunities while enriching white citizens and institutions.
Viewers witness whistleblowers, scholars, survivors, and forensic economists examine the crime scene and tally the damages. The series positions reparations not
as charity, but as restitution—payment on a long-overdue bill.
SERIES OVERVIEW
Like any crime investigation, THE INVOICE follows the money.
We expose:
* the legal mechanisms that enabled generations of theft
* repeated cover-ups and missed opportunities to repair the harm
* the modern systems that continue extracting wealth today
Rather than targeting individuals, the cameras turn toward a more elusive perpetrator: the federal machinery itself—legislators, courts, agencies, and programs
whose fingerprints appear across centuries of inequality.
Stylistic Approach
* Archival footage paired with noir-style dramatizations
* Evidence boards and timeline animations tracking unlawful enrichment
* Interviews as testimony—expert witnesses explaining the crime
* Comedy as subversion—levity that disarms and invites viewers closer
Every episode ends with an itemized “invoice” tallying the monetary damages uncovered so far.
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