When a young unknown challenger named Cory Booker takes on the head of a powerful political machine, he discovers that sometimes elections are won and lost in the streets. Gritty, funny, and surprisingly inspirational, the film goes behind-the-scenes in a rough-and-tumble campaign in Newark, N.J. It offers an intimate, unvarnished view of Booker before he became a U.S. Senator and a fixture in national politics.

Street Fight is a thrilling story of bare-knuckle politics in America. Tribeca is proud to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of “the best American political documentary since The War Room” (The Washington Post), which originally had its New York Premiere at the Festival in 2005 where it took home Tribeca’s Audience Award on its way to an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Feature.

After the Movie: A conversation with Academy Award-winning filmmaker Marshall Curry and Senator Cory Booker.

Marshall Curry