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Backstory and the Museum of Tolerance invite you and a
guest to join Director Steve James, and Producers Mark Mitten and Julie Goldman at a special screening of
ABACUS
small
enough to jail
Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at 7:00pm
2018 Academy Award™ Nominee
for Best Documentary Feature Film
Abacus:
Small Enough to Jail tells the
incredible 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 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 themselves – and their bank’s
legacy in the Chinatown community – over the course of a five-year legal
battle.
Conversation
with filmmakers to follow, moderated by Jeff Goldsmith, Publisher of Backstory
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