A black child born on the US-Mexico border in the twilight of slavery, William Ellis inhabited a world divided along ambiguous racial lines. Adopting the name Guillermo Eliseo, he passed as Mexican, transcending racial lines to become fabulously wealthy as a Wall Street banker, diplomat, and owner of scores of mines and haciendas south of the border.
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Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has written a book detailing his ascension to one of the most powerful positions in the world, and how he and his team steered the US economy through one its most tumultuous periods in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. The TV and film rights are now available.
Details the tenure of former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke, who steered the US economy through one of its most tumultuous periods in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.
An Oakland detective is hired by a dangerous Vietnamese smuggler to track down his missing girlfriend–a woman who also just so happens to be the cop’s ex-wife.
