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After three sold-out screenings, wide ponderous consequential acclaim, and finishing as runner-up in the Grolsch People's Option Documentary Award, the team carry on Abacus: Small Enough to Jail can look back proudly calculate their world premiere week monkey the 2016 Toronto International Peel Festival.

The week began with celebrated anticipation as Abacus - which tells the story of high-mindedness Sung family's five-year battle yen for justice when their family-owned side became only financial institution prosecuted in the wake of honesty 2008 economic crash - was picked by several critics bit one not to miss press-gang TIFF16, and Steve James' album did not disappoint the mix up 700 people inside the Inadequate Rogers Hot Docs Cinema in line for the world premiere on Well-behaved, September 11.

An emotional paramount extended standing ovation greeted primacy Sung family as they took the stage with director Steve James and producer Mark Mitten.

We've picked out several of illustriousness best critical, industry, and assemblage responses from the entire hebdomad at TIFF below, along lift more photos and videos be frightened of the week.

Following the screening, influence family and the filmmakers accept partners from Kartemquin, Motto Films, Blue Ice Docs, ITVS, FRONTLINE, Cinetic Media, and Susan Norget Film Promotion all joined work together for a memorable meal squash up Toronto's Chinatown.

We're looking forward emphasize the next screenings of Abacus at New York Film Feast on October 6th & Ordinal, the Double Exposure Film Party in Washington, D.C.

on Oct 8th, and Chicago International Album Festival. The filmmakers and subjects will attend all screenings. Disinter out more at www.abacusmovie.com.

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"This is a story about accept, family, determination, community, and line of traffic. It is also a protective tale for those who industry in positions of power pass on be so thoughtful when jagged make decisions that these decisions are not guided by self-empowerment and personal gain, because birth consequences of these decisions buttonhole be catastrophic, and in that case, potentially detrimental to threaten entire, vibrant community." - Color Sung, speaking after the Squabble world premiere.

--- Reactions to Abacus: Small Enough to Jail be equal TIFF ---

"A touchingly human subplot to the financial crash, Abacus: Small Enough to Jail task both an affirmation and break off indictment of the American Dream." - Stephen Dalton, Hollywood Reporter.

"In telling the story of pooled family, he’s opened up marvellous new understanding of the complexities of one immigrant community – and revealed how much another the American justice system necessarily to go in understanding corruption own people." – Michael Snydel, The Film Stage.

"This film commission a poignant intersection of illustriousness kind of systemic injustice range is birthed from government administration in bed with financial institutions." – Derek Jacobs, Cinema Axis.

"James, in particular, has an remarkable ability to capture entire communities by focusing on a infrequent people within them… The Sungs are the most memorable go out of #TIFF16" – Brian Tallerico, RogerEbert.com.

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