Street Fight (2005)

Nominated for Academy Award for documentary of the year in 2005, he also won awards at four different film festivals, and was hailed by the Washington Times as the best American political documentary since "The War Room" since 1993. Documentary director Marshall Curry's debut film, based on the mayoral campaign in the Newark area of New York City, tracks the respective efforts for votes between Cory Booker in 2002 and Sharpe James, the old mayor who has been re-elected for 16 years. James uses his power to sabotage Booker's campaign efforts by all kinds of dishonorable means, which reflects the unsoundness of the American democratic campaign, and also mentions the racial discrimination of blacks and various social problems. This documentary follows the 2002 mayoral campaign in Newark, New Jersey in which the Cory Booker attempted to unseat lon...