Abacus : small enough to jail / a Mitten Media, Motto Pictures and Kartemquin Films production for WGBH/Frontline and Independent Television Service (ITVS) in association with Blue Ice Docs ; directed by Steve James ; produced by Mark Mitten, p.g.a, Julie Goldman, p.g.a.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: FRN63418 | PBSLanguage: English, Chinese Original language: English, Chinese Subtitle language: English, Chinese Publisher: [Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2017]Distributor: [Arlington, Virginia] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Edition: WidescreenDescription: 1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- 9781531702205
- 1531702201
- Abacus Federal Savings Bank -- Trials, litigation, etc
- Subprime mortgage loans -- Corrupt practices -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies
- Mortgage loans -- Corrupt practices -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies
- Commercial crimes -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies
- Fraud -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies
- Trials (Fraud) -- New York (State) -- New York
- Financial institutions -- Law and legislation -- New York (State) -- New York -- Criminal provisions
- Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009
- Chinese Americans -- Social conditions
- Director of photography, Tom Bergmann ; editors, John Farbrother, David E. Simpson ; music, Joshua Abrams.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A look at the Abacus Federal Savings Bank in New York's Chinatown, which became the only financial institution to be indicted after the 2008 economic meltdown. This documentary examines the possibility that the bank was made to act as a scapegoat when the U.S. government proved unwilling to press charges against larger institutions. Directed by Steve James (Hoop Dreams). ~ Jack Rodgers, Rovi
DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen presentation; 5.1 surround, 2.0 stereo.
In English and Chinese with optional subtitles in English (SDH) or Mandarin.
"SDH subtitles (subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing) are a function of the disc and serve the same function as closed captions"--Container.
With: Thomas Sung, Jill Sung, Vera Sung, Heather Sung, David Lindorf, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., Chanterelle Sung, Polly Greenberg.
Director of photography, Tom Bergmann ; editors, John Farbrother, David E. Simpson ; music, Joshua Abrams.
Originally broadcast by PBS Sept. 12, 2017.
Program content: ©2016.
Wide screen.
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.