
The Unauthorized Biography of David Rockefeller
David Rockefeller died in March 2017 at 101, the last surviving grandson of John D. Rockefeller and the patriarch who steered the family's banking and oil interests through most of the twentieth century. This film traces his rise inside Chase Manhattan Bank, his role founding the Council on Foreign Relations' offshoots and the Trilateral Commission, and his decades of meetings with foreign leaders that blurred the line between private banker and shadow diplomat. Archival photographs, news clips, and Rockefeller's own public statements are laid out alongside his family's history in Standard Oil and philanthropic fronts like the Rockefeller Foundation, building a case that his influence over global finance and policy went far beyond what his official titles suggested. The narration walks chronologically from his upbringing through his role in Cold War-era foreign policy and international banking consolidation. It treats him as a case study in unelected power, using his own memoirs and documented meetings as its evidence rather than speculation alone.