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Date: 2016 (Copyright)Countries: USA, CanadaDirector: Steve James
Synopsis: Documentary about the Abacus Federal Savings based in Chinatown, New York that was accused of mortgage fraud by New York prosecutors in 2012, becoming the only American bank to face criminal charges in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Over the course of a five-year legal battle, the Sung family who own the bank, were forced to defend themselves and their bank’s place in the Chinese American community in New York.
Genre: Documentary
Subjects: Banks, Trials (law), Fraud, Credit Crunch, Chinese Americans
Date: 2016 (Copyright)Countries: USA, CanadaDirector: Steve James
Synopsis: Documentary about the Abacus Federal Savings based in Chinatown, New York that was accused of mortgage fraud by New York prosecutors in 2012, becoming the only American bank to face criminal charges in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Over the course of a five-year legal battle, the Sung family who own the bank, were forced to defend themselves and their bank’s place in the Chinese American community in New York.
Genre: Documentary
Subjects: Banks, Trials (law), Fraud, Credit Crunch, Chinese Americans
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©: WGBH Educational Foundation, ©: Abacus Film LLC, Production Company: Mitten Media, Production Company: Motto Pictures, Production Company: Kartemquin Films, [Produced] for: WGBH, [Produced] for: FRONTLINE, Independent Television Service (ITVS), In association with: Blue Ice Docs, Executive Producer: Gordon Quinn, Executive Producer: Betsy Steinberg, Executive Producer: Christopher Clements, Executive Producer: Justine Nagan, Executive Producer: Raney Aronson-Rath, Executive Producer: Sally Jo Fifer, Produced by: Mark Mitten, Produced by: Julie Goldman, Co-producer: Fenell Doremus, Co-producer: Nick Verbitsky, Associate Producer: Sean Lyness, Post-production Supervisor: Ryan Gleeson, Archival Research: Emily Hart, Director of Photography: Tom Bergmann, Edited by: John Farbrother, David E. Simpson, Graphic Design: Sarofsky, Original Courtroom Illustrations: Christine Cornell, Music by: Joshua Abrams, Musician: Joshua Abrams, Musician: Mikel Avery, Musician: Jeb Bishop, Musician: Rashida Black, Musician: James Sanders, Musician: Robert Sanders, Jason Stein, Music Supervisor: Linda Cohen, Location Sound: Daniel Nidel, Re-recording Mixer: Drew Weir