STREET FIGHTFree | Video Detective
Length: 00:29
Posted: 12/22/2009
Street Fight movie trailer - starring Cory Booker, Sharpe James. Directed by Marshall Curry. Theatrical Release Date: 2/22/2006
Genre: Documentary watch
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Length: 00:49
Posted: 8/18/2009
Street Fight, the Oscar-nominated documentary, is a riveting story about the underbelly of American democracy. When Cory Booker, a 32-year-old Yale Law grad, takes on the four-term mayor of Newark, NJ, he gets an education in the politics of the streets. The city s political machine unleashes a campaign of harassment and voter intimidation, and the race unfolds amid accusations of terrorism, a Watergate-style burglary, and sexual scandal. When the election becomes racially charged a surprising twist for a battle between two African-American candidates voters are forced to ask what it means to be really black in America today. watch
Question: What do you think are the most overrated Oscar nominees this year?
Answer: You know, almost any other year I could have come up with a list a foot long. But the 2005 Academy Award nominees are a really strong bunch — among the major categories I can honestly say that there isn't a single one I strongly feel doesn't belong in the running. That said, I don't think John Williams merits two nominations in the category for best original score — for Munich and Memoirs of a Geisha. But I'm consistently at odds with the prevailing opinion on him. I find the overwhelming majority of his compositions overblown and totally ordinary — just because he can orchestrate up the yin-yang doesn't mean he has to do it every single time. He has 36 prior music nominations (all but three for original score), many of which represent two films in a single year; he also has five wins tread more
