Marshall Curry

If democracy is a contact sport, then the mayoral race in Newark, New Jersey, was a bare-knuckled, eye-gouging backroom brawl. In one corner is Sharpe James, the incumbent and an old-school civil rights battler; in the other is the young idealist Cory Booker, a Yale-educated sports hero who chooses to live in public housing while serving on the city council. They're both Democrats, so the real battle is old vs. new, upstart vs. machine. Things turn ugly. The camera crew is threatened. Scandal rocks both campaigns. And the finale is white-knuckled even for those who know the results. A recent Academy Award nominee, Street Fight tells a different kind of political story, one minus spin doctors and high-profile TV ads. Two candidates slug it out, and you're in the middle of the action. (DW)… (mais)

Annabeth, Josh, and Brandon are too young to drive on city streets, but they careen around courses in go-karts one inch off the ground at speeds of up to 80 miles per hour. Racing Dreams follows the tween trio through the World Karting Association championship season. This puts enormous strain on the kids and their families as it will ultimately decide whether they move on to stock cars and NASCAR racing. Oscar-nominated director Marshall Curry (Street Fight) captures the excitement of the races as well as the behind-the-scenes struggles of the young protagonists and their families, who have to drive hundreds of miles and spend small fortunes to keep their children in the running. These kids drive hard, but they still find time for young love and other adolescent pursuits. It's impossible not to root for them as they compete to be the very best.

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