Comments on: Films We Love: “Street Fight” A Film by Marshall Curry http://clutchmagonline.com/newsgossipinfo/films-we-love-street-fight-a-film-by-marshall-curry/ The Digital Magazine for the Young, Contemporary Woman of Color Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:34:50 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Political Round Up - Mixed Bag at Racialicious - the intersection of race and pop culture http://clutchmagonline.com/newsgossipinfo/films-we-love-street-fight-a-film-by-marshall-curry/comment-page-1/#comment-8599 Political Round Up - Mixed Bag at Racialicious - the intersection of race and pop culture Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:01:11 +0000 http://clutchmagonline.com/newsgossipinfo/films-we-love-street-fight-a-film-by-marshall-curry/#comment-8599 [...] Clutch - Films We Love: “Street Fight” Fought in Newark’s neighborhoods and housing projects, the battle pits Booker against an old style political machine that uses any means necessary to crush its opponents: city workers who do not support the mayor are demoted; “disloyal” businesses are targeted by code enforcement; a campaigner is detained and accused of terrorism; and disks of voter data are burglarized in the night. Even the filmmaker is dragged into the slugfest, and by election day, the climate becomes so heated that the Federal government is forced to send in observers to watch for cheating and violence. The battle sheds light on important American questions about democracy, power and — in a surprising twist — race. [...] [...] Clutch – Films We Love: “Street Fight” Fought in Newark’s neighborhoods and housing projects, the battle pits Booker against an old style political machine that uses any means necessary to crush its opponents: city workers who do not support the mayor are demoted; “disloyal” businesses are targeted by code enforcement; a campaigner is detained and accused of terrorism; and disks of voter data are burglarized in the night. Even the filmmaker is dragged into the slugfest, and by election day, the climate becomes so heated that the Federal government is forced to send in observers to watch for cheating and violence. The battle sheds light on important American questions about democracy, power and — in a surprising twist — race. [...]

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