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Street Fight

Street Fight follows the turbulent campaign of Cory Booker, a 32-year-old Rhodes Scholar and Yale Law School graduate running for mayor of Newark, NJ against a four-term incumbent twice his age.

Series

POV

Premiere Date

July 5, 2005

Length

90 minutes

Funding Type

Co-Production

Awards & Recognition

Winner

2005 International Documentary Association (IDA) - Donnet Award

Nominee

2006 Academy Awards - Best Documentary Feature

Nominee

2006 News and Documentary Emmy Awards - Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story

Street Fight follows the turbulent campaign of Cory Booker, a 32-year-old Rhodes Scholar and Yale Law School graduate running for mayor of Newark, NJ against a four-term incumbent twice his age. An urban David and Goliath story, this is a chronicle of a young man's struggle against an entrenched political machine, shedding light on issues of democracy, power, poverty, and race.