Street Fight (2005)
Sometimes elections are won and lost in the streets...
This documentary follows the 2002 mayoral campaign in Newark, New Jersey, in which a City Councilman, Cory Booker, attempted to unseat longtime mayor Sharpe James.
- Date of release
- 2005-04-23
- TMDB
- 6.9 / 10 (29)
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Marshall Curry
Casting
- Cory Booker — Self
- Sharpe James — Self
- Spike Lee — Self
- Al Sharpton — Self
- Cornel West — Self
- Chris Christie — Self
- Bill Bradley — Self
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: New Jersey
- Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1
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, Liz Garbus, Mary Manhardt, Marisa Karplus, Catherine Jones, and Adam Etline. 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.
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