Really? It showed money being literally created out of nothing?
Was it created out of nothing, or was it created out of thin air? If we're going to be literal, there's quite a big difference. Thin air is, after all, something.
Was there some magician who pulled dollar bills out of his hat?
I don't quite remember the details of the animation but it showed that banks could unconditionally increase their assets by just writing numbers...
So literally, money was created out of a balance sheet entry. That's how it works. But it's only legal if you do it with the permission of the Federal Reserve.