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INFAMOUS
From David vs Goliath stories and true crime capers, these folks make being bad look so good.
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2000S | HEROES | FIGHTING SPIRIT
ABACUS: SMALL ENOUGH TO JAIL
DIR: STEVE JAMES, 2016 | 88 MINS
A David vs Goliath story straight from the headlines. After the 2008 financial crisis, the federal government brought criminal charges against only one bank: a family business in New York’s Chinatown. Little did the DA know that Chinatown protects itself, and that the Sung Family was driven by the honor and mission of its founder and his three unyielding and extraordinary daughters.
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UP TO 1950S | heartthrobs
FORBIDDEN CITY, USA
DIR: ARTHUR DONG, 1989 | 56 MINS
This fascinating documentary examines the history of the nation’s premiere all-Chinese nightclub, Forbidden City, a popular San Francisco nightclub during the 1930s. Like the Cotton Club of Harlem which featured America’s finest African American entertainers, Forbidden City gained an international reputation with its unique showcase of Chinese American performers in eye-popping, all-American extravaganzas.
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80S & 90S | infamous
THE HOUSE OF SUH
DIR: IRIS SHIM, 2010 | 92 MINS
On Sep 25,1993, Yoon Myung and Tai Sook Suh's pursuit of happiness in America quickly became riddled with misfortune when their son Andrew shot and killed his older sister’s fiancé at his sister’s bidding. As the Suh’s complex history unfolds, this seemingly open and shut case grows more insidious as issues of assimilation, tradition, and justice raise questions of guilt, innocence, and the illusive gray area in between.