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Abacus: Small Enough to Jail is a 2016 American documentary film directed by Steve James. The film centers on the Abacus Federal Savings Bank , a family-owned community bank situated in Manhattan's Chinatown in New York City which, because it was deemed "small enough to jail" rather than " too big to fail ", became the only financial ...
Sep 27, 2022 · This Academy Award-nominated documentary, directed by Steve James (Hoop Dreams), tells the little-known story of the only U.S. bank prosecuted in relation to the...
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Jul 7, 2017 · Abacus: Small Enough to Jail: Directed by Steve James. With Thomas Sung, Hwei Lin Sung, Cyrus Vance Jr., Matt Taibbi. A small financial institution called Abacus becomes the only company criminally indicted in the wake of the United States' 2008 mortgage crisis.
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Watch FRONTLINE's Oscar-nominated documentary which tells the little-known story of the only U.S. bank prosecuted in relation to the 2008 financial crisis.
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Abacus: Small Enough to Jail is a documentary film directed by Steve James that tells the incredible saga of the Chinese immigrant Sung family, owners of Abacus Federal Savings of Chinatown, New York.
1h 30m. Abacus, a small family-run bank, becomes the only U.S. bank to face criminal charges in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. The indictment and subsequent trial forces the Sung family...
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Abacus: Small Enough to Jail. From acclaimed director Steve James, the little-known story of the only U.S. bank prosecuted in relation to the 2008 financial crisis. An Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary Feature in 2018. 300 IMDb 7.1 1 h 30 min 2016. X-Ray 13+.
