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It began with a single flake of gold in a sawmill. It exploded into a global mania that pulled 300,000 people across continents, all chasing a dream of instant wealth. But the dream of the California Gold Rush was a lie.

For every fortune made, a hundred lives were broken. This is the dark truth of the 49ers—a story of survival, not riches.

In this documentary, we uncover the astonishing and brutal reality:

The three perilous routes to California, journeys that killed thousands before they ever saw gold.

The lawless, chaotic reality of the mining camps and the rise of vigilante justice.

The "War Against the Other," the systemic racism, and the state-sanctioned genocide of California's Native American population.

The environmental apocalypse of hydraulic mining that scarred the land forever.

The tragic fates of John Sutter and James Marshall, the two men who started it all and lost everything.

This is the story of how the American Dream was forged in greed, chaos, and blood.

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