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Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Uniform Title:

Title:

Abacus : small enough to jail / directed by Steve James ; produced by Mark Mitten, Julie Goldman ; a Mitten Media, Motto Pictures and Kartemquin Films production for WGBH/FRONTLINE and Independent Television Service (ITVS) in association with Blue Ice Docs.

Publisher, Date:

[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS Distribution, [2017]

Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

video file DVD video region 1

Summary:

Acclaimed director Steve James tells the saga of the Chinese immigrant Sung family, owners of Abacus Federal Savings of Chinatown, New York. Accused of mortgage fraud by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., Abacus becomes the only bank prosecuted after the 2008 financial crisis. The indictment and subsequent trial forces the Sung family to defend themselves, and their bank's legacy in the Chinatown community, over the course of a five-year legal battle.

Subjects:

Abacus Federal Savings.

Financial institutions -- Law and legislation -- New York (State) -- New York -- Criminal provisions.

Subprime mortgage loans -- Corrupt practices.

Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Documentary television programs.

Other Author:

James, Steve, 1955- film director.

Mitten, Mark, film producer.

Goldman, Julie, film producer.