Abacus: Small Enough to Jail

Editor (with John Farbrother)

Directed by Steve James
Produced by Mark Mitten, Julie Goldman
1 hr 22 min, 2017

Tiny, immigrant-owned Abacus Federal Savings Bank in New York’s Chinatown was the only U.S. bank to face criminal charges in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. But the authorities chose the wrong bank to pick on. Abacus tells the incredible saga of the Sung family’s five-year battle to defend a bank’s legacy and a community’s reputation.