Street Fight (film)

Street Fight
Promotional poster for Street Fight
Directed byMarshall Curry
Written byMarshall Curry
Produced byMarshall Curry
StarringCory Booker
Sharpe James
Al Sharpton
CinematographyMarshall Curry
Edited byMarshall Curry
Rachel Kittner
Mary Manhardt
Music byJames Baxter
Production
company
Marshall Curry Productions
Distributed byArgot Pictures (theatrical)
PBS (television)
Release dates
  • April 23, 2005 (2005-04-23) (Tribeca Film Festival)
  • November 5, 2005 (2005-11-05) (United States)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$4,779

Street Fight is a 2005 documentary film by Marshall Curry, chronicling the 2002 Newark mayoral election which pitted upstart Cory Booker against the incumbent Sharpe James for Mayor of Newark, New Jersey. Other credits include Rory Kennedy (executive producer), Liz Garbus (executive producer), Mary Manhardt (additional editor), Marisa Karplus (associate producer), Catherine Jones (associate producer), and Adam Etline (story consultant). Street Fight screened at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival and was later aired on the PBS series P.O.V. on July 5, 2005, and CBC Newsworld in Canada on May 7, 2006. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.