Seminars in Urban Politics (POLSC 260): Audiovisual

DVD 2818
Follows the 2002 race for Mayor of Newark, N.J. between 32-year-old Cory Booker and four-term incumbent Sharpe James. Fought in Newark's neighborhoods and housing projects, the election pits the young challenger against an old style political machine.

An honest politician and the son of a corrupt contractor find their lives intersecting in surprising ways with the powerful and powerless of a decaying East Coast city in this portrait of the corruption, bigotry and violence of urban America. Directed by John Sayles.