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We Watched Melania's $40M Documentary So You Don't Have To | Under the Docs
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- Paranoid American
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- May 20, 2026
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- 1380
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Summary
Amazon's $40 million production about First Lady Melania Trump. Going in expecting either propaganda or genuine insight into her humanitarian work, we discovered something entirely different - two hours of napkin and dress designs. With Melania having final creative control and controversial director Brett Ratner at the helm, this film revealed more than either of us expected.