Fenell Doremus

Fenell Doremus

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Fenell Doremus is an award-winning producer based in Chicago.

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Abacus: Small Enough to Jail 2017 (6.715)

The incredible 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 U.S. bank to face criminal charges in the wake of 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 legal battle.
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Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 2019 (7.5)

Filmmaker Judith Helfand's searing investigation into the politics of “disaster” – by way of the deadly 1995 Chicago heat wave, in which 739 residents perished (mostly Black and living in the city’s poorest neighborhoods).
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Ringside 2019 (7)

A look at one of Chicago’s more troubled South Side neighborhoods from the point of view of two young boxers and their families.