CAAM-funded Documentary “Abacus” Wins Emmy
Director Steve James (“Hoop Dreams,” “The Interrupters”) chronicles the Chinese immigrant Sung family’s fight to clear their names amid the financial crisis.
Director Steve James (“Hoop Dreams,” “The Interrupters”) chronicles the Chinese immigrant Sung family’s fight to clear their names amid the financial crisis.
PBS leads the News & Documentary Emmy Awards with 45 nominations
The nomination comes on the heels of being shortlisted for an Oscar.
The CAAM-funded film has been nominated for Best Documentary Feature.
The CAAM-funded film is directed by Steve James (“Hoop Dreams”) and produced by Mark Mitten and Julie Goldman.
A new doc looks at why was a small bank serving Chinese immigrants was the only US bank indicted for mortgage fraud related to 2008 crisis.
Abacus is an intimate look at the Sung family’s resolve as their bank serving predominantly the Chinese immigrant community in New York City became the only bank prosecuted after the 2008 Great Recession.