BIG GIVEAWAY

Dear Mr Brody, discovery+

IN 1970 in the U.S., the 21-year-old margarine millionaire Michael Brody Jr announced he would give away $25 million, ‘because people need it more than I do’. As you may imagine, his offer provoked a lot of letters from people pleading their cases. So, why did so many go unopened and unanswered — what went wrong? The answer to that question is fascinating and is given in this tight documentary, but what really hits you emotionally is the contents of the letters themselves, which range from sweet to heartbreaking.