ABACUS: SMALL ENOUGH TO JAIL

By Steve JAMES

CINETIC MEDIA - as SALES All rights, World

Documentary - Completed 2017


Festivals
& Awards

Toronto - TIFF 2016
TIFF Docs
Academy Awards - Oscars 2018
Nominee for Best Documentary
    • Year of production
    • 2017
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • USA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH, MANDARIN
    • Duration
    • 90 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Steve JAMES
    • Producer(s)
    • Julie GOLDMAN, Mark MITTEN
    • Synopsis
    • 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 to defend itself -- and its bank's legacy -- over the course of a five-year legal battle.