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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

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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
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Abacus
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Originally broadcast by PBS Sept. 12, 2017 as an episode of the television series Frontline
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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
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90
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small enough to jail
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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
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Small enough to jail
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