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Street Fight
Directed by
Marshall Curry
Not Rated
2005
83m
Documentary
7.9
100%
93%
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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.
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Rent $2.99
Buy $8.99
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Rent $3.99
Buy $5.99
Cast of Street Fight
Cory Booker
Self
Sharpe James
Self
Spike Lee
Self
Al Sharpton
Self
Cornel West
Self
Street Fight Ratings & Reviews
615 Film
Cory Woodroof
A major entry in the political documentary space.
Boston Phoenix
Peter Keough
Funny, infuriating, and suspenseful, Street Fight is both a critique of the process and a vindication.
CHUD
Devin Faraci
Street Fight isn't going to restore your faith in our desperately broken electoral system, but Cory Booker -- and the last moments of the movie -- may help you harbor that little flame of hope.
Los Angeles CityBeat
Andy Klein
"...completely gripping and enraging."
Old School Reviews
John A. Nesbit
a primer for any aspiring politician to see the worst of what he can expect
NewsBlaze
Kam Williams
Booker and James square-off for a heavyweight political fight reminiscent of Holyfield vs. Tyson, except for the eating of ears.
Orlando Weekly
Steve Schneider
It's essential viewing to prove to yourself that you're not so cynical after all.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
[Marshall] Curry's picture is must-see fare for any and every observer of the curious world of American politics.
Boston Globe
Sam Allis
The documentary is simple and strong and small. Its grit lifts it above its mechanical shortcomings.
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
If you didn't already realize that politics can be a dirty business, then Marshall Curry's Oscar-nominated documentary will set you straight.
The New Yorker
David Denby
In brief, Marshall Curry, the young director of Street Fight, has hit the documentary jackpot.
TV Guide
Ken Fox
It's a fascinating film, simultaneously enthralling, infuriating and guaranteed to make viewers ask how such a perversion of the political process could be taking place in America.
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
James is his own worst enemy in the documentary, behaving in public as a near caricature of Boss Tweed. But he won and is now serving out his fifth term.
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Crust
The story that first-time feature filmmaker Curry tells is extremely compelling, but where he really scores is in addressing politics and race in a way that allows events to speak for themselves.
Los Angeles Daily News
Bob Strauss
It's kind of reassuring to see good old-fashioned dirty politics practiced with as much gusto as they are in the Oscar-nominated documentary Street Fight.
L.A. Weekly
Scott Foundas
This is classical activist filmmaking of the first order, a movie with the power to turn hearts, change minds and, just maybe, right the wayward course of an entire city.
Village Voice
Michael Atkinson
[An] unpretentious and absorbing video doc.
Variety
John Anderson
It's a hard, fast film that needs airing now, or at least before the Newark elections of 2006.
Newsday
Jan Stuart
Street Fight sputters with anger and despair at the durability of dumb-cluck demagoguery in American politics.
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
A tough and brave little documentary about the brutal 2002 Newark mayoral election.
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