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Plot: "Street Fight" chronicles the bare-knuckles race for Mayor of Newark, N.J. between Cory Booker, a 32-year-old Rhodes Scholar/Yale Law School grad, and Sharpe James, the four-term incumbent and undispu...( read more read more... )ted champion of New Jersey politics. Fought in Newark's neighborhoods and housing projects, the battle pits Booker against an old style political machine that uses any means necessary to crush its opponents: city workers who do not support the mayor are demoted; "disloyal" businesses are targeted by code enforcement; a campaigner is detained and accused of terrorism; and disks of voter data are burglarized in the night. "Street Fight" tells a gripping story of the underbelly of democracy where elections are not about spin-doctors, media consultants, or photo ops. In Newark, we discover, elections are won and lost in the streets.

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  • 3.0 Stars
    MCT:
    April 12, 2008
    A well spun, if moralized and occasionally amateur, tale on the inequities of city-level politiking.

    The films subject matter is engaging, and is more than enough to carry the film, and this is lucky, because the actual skill behind the documentary is lackluster, however honest and diligent it may be.
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    March 3, 2007
    Two individual running for mayor. One wants to run a dignified campaign. The other? Dirty street politics is the way he plays the game. Who is caught up in the crossfire? The citizens of Newark. The winner? Watch and find out. Recommended.
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    February 18, 2007
    The most watchable political documentary since War Room. A great movie for anyone who thinks that elections don't matter or that all politicians are equally distasteful.
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    February 4, 2007
    A powerful; alternately moving and upsetting look at the nasty world of local politics. As gritty and visceral as anything in The Wire. Great, great stuff and not nearly as...lets say...obtrusive as Michael Moore.

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  • Rated: (Unrated)
  • Directed by: Marshall Curry
  • Genres: Documentary
  • Released: December 31, 2005
  • DVD Released: January 9, 2007

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