"Some employees in Amazon’s entertainment division had similar concerns, according to three sources with knowledge of discussions inside Amazon," the report explained. "They were told that the project was mandated by the company’s leadership and that employees could not opt out of working on the film for political reasons." The circumstances surrounding Amazon's release of the documentary have led to persistent accusations that it is trying to curry favor with President Donald Trump's administration. That winning bid from Amazon was more than double the second-place bid of $14 million from Disney. That film cost only $1 million to produce and went on to make $14 million.