Blue Ice Docs
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Acclaimed director Steve James tells the 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 bank prosecuted after 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...
2) Wizard mode
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"In the game of pinball, there is no greater reward than Wizard Mode--a hidden level that is only unlocked when a player completes a series of lightning-speed challenges. Robert Emilio Gagno has dedicated most of his life to mastering Wizard Mode, and is now one of the top pinball players in the world. He also happens to have autism. As a young boy, his parents realized they could give him a quarter and he would play on a pinball machine for hours....
Publisher
Brainstorm Media
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When married sci-fi fans Bjo and John Trimble organized their unprecedented letter-writing campaign to force NBC to renew the original Star Trek back in 1967, they couldn't have known that they were also planting the seeds of television fan activism that would forever change the relationship between viewers and networks. This film explores the history and evolution of save-our-show television fan campaigns, from the letter-writing and product mail-in...