Street Fight

Movie
Original title	Street Fight
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	2005
length	83 minutes
Rod
Director	Marshall curry
script	Marshall curry
production	Marshall curry
music	James Baxter
occupation
	Cory Booker; Sharpe James; Al Sharpton;

Street Fight (German street fight ) is an American documentary from the year 2005 by filmmaker Marshall Curry over the 2002s campaign of Cory Booker against Sharpe James to the office of Mayor of Newark in New Jersey . The film was shown for the first time at the Tribeca Film Festival 2005.

The documentary was nominated for Best Documentary at the 78th Academy Awards.

action

In 2002, Cory Booker, a young activist, a Democratic councilor, is seeking Newark mayor. His opponent is Mayor Sharpe James of the Republicans , who has been in office for 16 years and is therefore well positioned politically. The documentation accompanies Booker and various campaign members from the first doorstep talks to the dramatic election day.

In the course of the film, Booker's living conditions, race, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, political positions and status in Newark are questioned. Between 1998 and 2006, Booker lived in Brick Towers , one of the most run-down city-owned residential buildings. As the campaign unfolds, Booker gets prominent support from Spike Lee , Cornel West, and other African American celebrities.

The documentary highlights many of the problems faced by minorities in Newark and how the city government has disregarded them in the past. Furthermore, the film shows James' questioning the blackness of Booker, whose skin color is lighter than James himself (both are colored), and the incumbent's implication that Booker is not black enough.

Filmmaker Marshall Curry manages to capture attacks by Sharpe James and city workers such as the local police on Booker's election campaign. Among other things, it shows how attempts are being made to sabotage Booker's fundraising by taking an administrative approach to supporting business owners. City employees who support Booker will be demoted. Election posters and support signs are illegally destroyed. Together, a real street fight develops, which gives the film its name. A police attack on the documentary filmmaker captured on camera while filming the mayor is memorable. The police cut off the camera microphone in front of other journalists in broad daylight.

Political career after the film

Booker failed to remove James from the mayoral throne in 2002. In 2006 he waived a sixth term and did not stand for election, whereupon Booker won against Ronald Rice with over 70 percent of the vote. On July 1, 2006, Booker became the 36th Mayor of Newark.

In 2013, Booker left mayor's office and became a Senator for New Jersey.

reception

Street Fight received very positive reviews; On the review website Rotten Tomatoes , the documentary was rated 100% fresh with 22 out of 22 positive reviews. The film was directed by David Denby of The New Yorker as extraordinary ( extraordinary referred). John Anderson wrote in Variety that even if you know the outcome of the election, street fight is almost unbearable because of the tension. In LA Weekly, Scott Foundas noted that the film was classic first-rate activist filmmaking, a film with the power to turn hearts, change opinions and, perhaps, correct the course of a city.

Awards and nominations

Awards

Tribeca Film Festival: Audience Award
Hot Docs Film Festival: Audience Award
Hot Docs Film Festival: Best Documentary International
AFI / Silverdocs Film Festival: Audience Award
WatchDocs, Human Rights International Film Festival: Audience Award
Ashland Independent Film Festival: Best Documentary
Chicago Film Festival: Award for Excellence in Television (Hugo in Gold)
International Documentary Association : Jacqueline Donnet Filmmaker Prize

Nominations

Nomination for the Oscar for best documentary
Nomination for the Emmy Award in the News and Documentary category
Nomination by the International Documentary Association in the Outstanding Documentary Achievement category

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b The 74th Academy Awards (2006) Nominees and Winners. In: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . AMPAS, accessed January 11, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b David Denby: Candid Cameras. In: The New Yorker. March 6, 2006, accessed January 11, 2019 .
↑ Street Fight at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
↑ John Anderson: Review: 'Street Fight'. In: Variety. June 7, 2005, accessed January 11, 2019 .
^ Scott Foundas: Dirty Deeds. In: LA Weekly. February 22, 2006, accessed January 11, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j About Street Fight. In: streetfightfilm.com. Retrieved January 11, 2019 .

[Oscar-1] The 74th Academy Awards (2006) Nominees and Winners. In: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . AMPAS, accessed January 11, 2019 .

[thenewyorker-2] David Denby: Candid Cameras. In: The New Yorker. March 6, 2006, accessed January 11, 2019 .

[3] Street Fight at Rotten Tomatoes (English)

[variety-4] John Anderson: Review: 'Street Fight'. In: Variety. June 7, 2005, accessed January 11, 2019 .

[laweekly-5] Scott Foundas: Dirty Deeds. In: LA Weekly. February 22, 2006, accessed January 11, 2019 .

[streetfightabout-6] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j About Street Fight. In: streetfightfilm.com. Retrieved January 11, 2019 .