Date:

Thursday
3 September

Time:

Doors open 6:00pm, Film starts 6:30pm

Venue:

Prince Charles Cinema, Leicester Square

Street Fight

Genre: Documentary
Rating: E

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A powerful and compelling documentary deservedly earning an Academy-Award nomination and numerous other awards. The film details the hard-fought mayoral campaign by a young community member against a 16-year incumbent mayor.

Corrupt attempts by Mayor Sharpe James and city employees, including police and "code enforcement," to sabotage Booker's campaign, using tactics that include shutting down local businesses that hold Booker fundraisers, demoting city workers who support Booker, and demolishing Booker signs in what becomes a true urban political "street fight."

At one point Sharpe even accuses the light-skinned Booker of not being black enough.

Post-screening discussion with Cllr Lorna Campbell and other experts