Street Fight
Directed, Produced, Photographed, Written & Edited by Marshall Curry
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
ACADEMY AWARD
2005
AUDIENCE AWARD
TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL
DONNET AWARD
INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ASSOCIATION
DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY AWARD
WRITER'S GUILD OF AMERICA
AUDIENCE AWARD
HOTDOCS FILM FESTIVAL
BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY JURY PRIZE
HOTDOCS FILM FESTIVAL
AUDIENCE AWARD
SILVER DOCS FILM FESTIVAL
2005, 82 min, Video / 35mm
Street Fight chronicles the bare-knuckles race for Mayor of Newark, N.J. between Cory Booker, a 32-year-old Rhodes Scholar/Yale Law School grad, and Sharpe James, the four-term incumbent and undisputed champion of New Jersey politics.
Press
The Washington PostThe best American political documentary since 1993's The War Room.
VarietyIt's a hard fast film that needs airing now... Street Fight is briskly edited, imaginatively scored by James Baxter and vastly entertaining... Even if you know the outcome, Street Fight will keep you on the edge of your seat.
The New York TimesEngrossing...Pulls no punches.
Los Angeles WeeklyStreet Fight amasses the cumulative tension of a crackerjack suspense thriller... It is filmmaking of the first order, a movie with the power to turn hearts, change minds...
The New YorkerExtraordinary... In brief, Marshall Curry, the young director of Street Fight, has hit the documentary jackpot.
Salon.comAn electrifying, suspenseful film, full of street-level political drama.
Philadelphia InquirerCompelling and occasionally mind-boggling... Curry's picture is a must see. (Out of four stars)