Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
(2018, original release: 2017)

Nonfiction

eVideo

Provider: Kanopy

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PUBLISHED
PBS, 2017
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2018
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (streaming video file) (91 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

ISBN/ISSN
3141966
LANGUAGE
English
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Title from title frames

From acclaimed director Steve James (The Interrupters), Academy Award-nominated (Best Documentary Feature, 2018) ABACUS: SMALL ENOUGH TO JAIL 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

Originally produced by PBS in 2017

Mode of access: World Wide Web

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