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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Street Fight is a 2005 film directed by Marshall Curry.It is a documentary of the bruising 2002 Democratic primary for mayor of Newark, New Jersey. 33-year-old Cory Booker, a reformist city councilman, runs against Sharpe James, a veteran Newark politician and 16-year incumbent mayor. Booker cites problems like rising taxes and urban blight and poor high school graduation rates. James for his part calls Booker a carpetbagger (Booker grew up in the prosperous suburb of Harrington Park and only moved to Newark in 1997) and accuses Booker of being a conservative supported by Republicans.The main theme, however, is the power of the local Democratic machine and how James deploys it against Booker in the campaign. Newark police show up and try to prevent Booker from going door-to-door in housing projects. James campaign vans with loudspeakers disrupt Booker events. Business owners who host Booker events get shut down for code violations. Other business owners are pressured to remove Booker campaign signs from their windows. James campaign mailers spread the false rumor that Booker is Jewish. Booker for his part has to deliberate how negative he's willing to go in response to James. Meanwhile, documentarian Marshall Curry becomes personally involved, as Newark cops and James campaign operators interfere with him whenever he tries to film the mayor.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); }) | |
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AstroTurf: The Sharpe James "volunteers" wearing hats and red T-shirts that show up on Election Day are people from Philadelphia who were paid and bused in. | |
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And the Adventure Continues: The film ends with a scene showing Booker gearing up again to run in 2006 (the last shot is a "Booker 2006" sticker), with James having not yet announced his intentions. As it happened, Booker won a Landslide Election in 2006 after James declined to run. Later he became a U.S. Senator. Sharpe James was convicted of fraud in 2008 and served 18 months in prison. | |
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Attack of the Political Ad: The Booker campaign runs a TV commercial accusing James of lining his own pockets by increasing his salary during his tenure as mayor. James's campaign sends out fliers accusing Booker of being a Republican, of getting money from the KKK, and of being Jewish. | |
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