Street Fight (2005)

Directed by

Marshall Curry

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 23m

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 29 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows a young challenger running for mayor against a powerful incumbent in a tough city. The film shows the hard work of campaigning and the nasty political fights along the way.

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What happens

Street Fight is a 2005 documentary film by Marshall Curry, chronicling the 2002 Newark mayoral election which pitted upstart Cory Booker against the incumbent Sharpe James for Mayor of Newark, New Jersey. Other credits include Rory Kennedy (executive producer), Liz Garbus (executive producer), Mary Manhardt (additional editor), Marisa Karplus (associate producer), Catherine Jones (associate producer), and Adam Etline (story consultant). Street Fight screened at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival and was later aired on the PBS series P.O.V. on July 5, 2005, and CBC Newsworld in Canada on May 7, 2006. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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