{"id":70554,"date":"2017-05-18T10:13:24","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T14:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=70554"},"modified":"2017-05-21T13:15:25","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T17:15:25","slug":"master-documentarian-steve-james%e2%80%99-vivid-chronicle-of-the-troubled-prosecution-of-a-family-owned-ny-chinatown-bank-opens-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=70554","title":{"rendered":"Master Documentarian Steve James\u2019 Vivid Chronicle of the Troubled Prosecution of a Family-Owned NY Chinatown Bank   Opens in New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest documentary from celebrated filmmaker Steve James (Hoop Dreams, The Interrupters, Life Itself), ABACUS: SMALL ENOUGH TO JAIL played to critical acclaim at the Toronto and New York film festivals and, following screenings at dozens of additional festivals, including Opening Night of the Full Frame Documentary Festival, it will open in New York on Friday, May 19 at the IFC Center. A national rollout will follow.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/unnamed.png\" rel=\"lightbox[70554]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70555\" title=\"Master Documentarian Steve James\u2019 Vivid Chronicle of the Troubled Prosecution of a Family-Owned NY Chinatown Bank\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/unnamed.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"398\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>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 Thomas Sung and his formidable daughters to defend themselves\u2014and their bank\u2019s legacy in the Chinatown community\u2014over the course of a five-year legal battle. Tracking the many twists and turns of the case, Oscar-nominated James creates a moving portrait of a family, a community, and a way of life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest documentary from celebrated filmmaker Steve James (Hoop Dreams, The Interrupters, Life Itself), ABACUS: SMALL ENOUGH TO JAIL played to critical acclaim at the Toronto and New York film festivals and, following screenings at dozens of additional festivals, including Opening Night of the Full Frame Documentary Festival, it will open in New York on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-up-to-date-news-on-everything-asian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=70554"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70557,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70554\/revisions\/70557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}