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Author:

Frontline (Television program). Abacus.

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:

PBS Distribution,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color with 1 black and white sequence ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Abacus Federal Savings Bank--Trials, litigation, etc.
Trials (Fraud)--New York.--New York.
Financial institutions--Criminal provisions.--New York--New York--Criminal provisions.
Subprime mortgage loans--Corrupt practices.
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

James, Steve, 1955- film director.
Mitten, Mark, 1958- film producer.
Goldman, Julie, film producer.
Sung, Thomas, 1935- interviewee.
Sung, Jill, interviewee.
Sung, Vera, interviewee.
Bergmann, Tom, director of photography.
Farbrother, John, 1968- editor of moving image work.
Simpson, David E., editor of moving image work.
Abrams, Josh, composer (expression)
Mitten Media, production company.
Motto Pictures, production company.
Kartemquin Films, production company.
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), broadcaster.
Independent Television Service, broadcaster.
Blue Ice Docs, production company.
PBS Distribution (Firm), publisher.

Notes:

Widescreen. With: Thomas Sung, Jill Sung, Vera Sung, Heather Sung, David Lindorf, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., Chanterelle Sung, Polly Greenberg. Originally broadcast by PBS Sept. 12, 2017.

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.

ISBN:

1531702201
9781531702205

OCLC:

(OCoLC)995854739

UPC:

841887033893

Locations:

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