Street Fight: Directed, Produced, Photographed and Written by Marshall Curry. (2005)
Oscar-nominated STREET FIGHT follows the turbulent campaign of Cory Booker, a 32-year old Rhodes Scholar/Yale Law grad running for mayor of Newark, N.J. against Sharpe James, the four-term incumbent twice his age. It tells an American story of political intimidation, racial politics, and the future of African American leadership. This event is a collaboration with the award-winning documentary series P.O.V. (www.pbs.org./pov [1])