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    Abacus: Small Enough to Jail

    Poster of the movie Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
    2016     Documentary    
    USA
    1h 28min

    True legal saga, the film follows Sung's family, owner of Abacus Federal Savings of Chinatown. A little family bank, devoted to the New-York Chinese community, who had to fight for five years against charges of mortgage fraud by Manhattan District Attorney. In the same time, the biggest financial institutions involved in 2008 American financial crisis, didn't have to face legal action by the government.

    Directed bySteve James
    CompanyPBS DistributionPBS DistributionPBS Distribution

    Awards

    Featuring

    Neil Barofsky
    Ti-Hua Chang
    Jiayang Fan
    Roman Fuzaylov
    Polly Greenberg
    Linda Hall
    Don Lee
    David Lindorff
    Kevin Puvalowski
    Chanterelle Sung
    Heather Sung
    Hwei Lin Sung
    Jill Sung
    Thomas Sung
    Vera Sung
    Matt Taibbi
    Sam Talkin
    Cyrus Vance Jr.
    Rusty Wing
    Yiu Wah Wong
    Jessica Woodby-Denema

    Video

    2:30

    Trailer

    6 years ago

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