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Street Fight by Marshall Curry | Click to read the synopsis

The Academy Award-nominated "Street Fight" covers the turbulent campaign of Cory Booker, a 32-year old Rhodes Scholar/Yale Law graduate running for mayor of Newark, N.J. against Sharpe James, the four-term incumbent twice his age. Fresh from winning awards at the SilverDocs, HotDocs and Tribeca film festivals, "Street Fight" is this year's political thriller. | Read the synopsis »

Premiered: July 5, 2005 at 10PM | Check for Rebroadcasts

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"If somebody doesn't want you to tell a story this much, it's probably a story that needs to be told."
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Newark Mayor Sharpe James emerges from the polling booth on Election Day

WATCHING "STREET FIGHT"

What do the rough and tumble politics of Newark, New Jersey signal to us about black politics today? P.O.V. asks commentators Ellis Cose, Debra Dickerson, and Reverend Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou to share their personal reflections on "Street Fight."  » 

Cory Booker

A GREAT BLACK HOPE

Exclusive to P.O.V.: Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page puts the campaign in Newark into context with what is going on across the country. Find out why Cory Booker, Barak Obama and other younger leaders are signs of the changing times.  » 

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Posted June 12, 2005 | Updated March 27, 2006

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