Street Fight (2005)

10	Listal rating
7.7	IMDB rating

Directed by

Marshall Curry

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Jen Bluestein

Herself

Cory Booker

Himself

Bill Bradley

Himself

Chris Christie

Himself

Bill Clinton

Himself

Pablo Fonseca

Himself

Sharpe James

Himself

Spike Lee

Himself

Written by

Marshall Curry

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3 years ago at Apr 25 17:53

madstalk

I feel this is one of the best documentaries of all times. It takes a ridiculously complex system (that being America's electoral process) and gives the viewer a great idea of how it all works in less than two hours.

In Street Fight you get to see the full process warts and all. You get a great "villain" (the incumbent Newark mayor Sharpe James) and a great, shining hero (upstart ... read more

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Description: Marshall Curry's documentary Street Fight follows a heated Newark mayorial election in which votes are just as likely to be won through door-to-door campaigning and block parties as through political endorsements. The stars are upstart candidate Cory Booker and incumbent Sharpe James and the stage is one which pits old values against ... (more)

Documentary (3), Ameliorist (1), Politics (1), Political Reform (1), Political Corruption (1), Public Integrity (1), Common Good (1), Fight For Justice (1), Election (1), New Jersey (1), 2005 (1), Civil Activism (1), Drama (1), Powerful Enemies (1), Minority (1), Integrity (1), Political Campaign (1), Ameliorism (1)

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Instant Queue: Help a pack-rat out! (150 movies items)

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Movie mavericks (10 movies items)

"He seems like less of a maverick now but the seemingly honest pursuit of political office depicted here seems dangerous in our bribe a vote world."

JayTrotter added this to a list 2 years, 4 months ago

Amazing Underrated Obscure Bizarre Films PART 4 (50 movies items)

"Politics are fucked. Top 10 documentary of the past decade. "

AFIoscar added this to a list 2 years, 8 months ago

Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature (321 movies items)

"2005 NOMINEE - Marshall Curry Production. Marshall Curry"

madstalk posted a review 3 years ago

“I feel this is one of the best documentaries of all times. It takes a ridiculously complex system (that being America's electoral process) and gives the viewer a great idea of how it all works in less than two hours.

In Street Fight you get to see the full process warts and all. You get a great "villain" (the incumbent Newark mayor Sharpe James) and a great, shining hero (upstart opponent Cory Booker) and you get to see all the convoluted machinations and strategies each side uses to get out/keep in the vote. It is, of course, biased towards one side but that's how elections are.

In a perfect world, it would be required viewing for high school social studies students that are preparing to vote for the first time.” read more

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