the vote. On July 1, 2006, Booker was sworn in as the 36th Mayor of Newark. Booker went on to become a U.S. Senator for New Jersey. In July 2007, James was indicted on federal charges. He was convicted in 2008 of five counts of fraud and sentenced to 27 months in prison. James continued to serve in the New Jersey Senate until January 8, 2008. Reception Street Fight was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. It received a 100% fresh rating from Rotten Tomatoes based on 22 reviews, with a weighted average of 8.08/10. The site's consensus reads: "Street Fight takes an immersive ground-level look at a pivotal political race that proves illuminating, entertaining, and inspiring in equal measure". It also has a score of 85 out of 100 on Metacritic, based on 11 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". It was called "extraordinary" by David Denby (The New Yorker), "vastly entertaining" by John Anderson (Variety), and "filmmaking of the first order" by Scott Foundas (LA Weekly). Awards Academy Award, Best Documentary Feature (nominee) Emmy Award, Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story: Long Form (nominee) Tribeca Film Festival, Audience Award (winner) Hot Docs Film Festival, Audience Award (winner) Hot Docs Film Festival, Best International Documentary (winner) AFI/Discovery Silverdocs Film Festival, Audience Award (winner) Ashland Independent Film Festival, Best Documentary (winner) WatchDocs Human Rights International Film Festival, Audience Award (winner) Chicago International Film Festival, Award for Excellence in Television (winner) Cine, Golden Eagle Award (winner) IDA, Jacqueline Donnet Filmmaker Award (winner) IDA, Distinguished Documentary Achievement Award (nominee) Writers Guild of America, Documentary Screenplay Award (nominee) American Library Association, VRT Notable Videos See also Brick City - documentary series about Mayor Booker's term in office Newark mayoral election, 2014 References External links Street Fight full movie Street Fight website Street Fight at PBS series P.O.V. web site Street Fight entry, Tribeca Film Festival 2005 films 2005 documentary films American documentary films Cory Booker Documentary films about elections in the United States Government of New Jersey POV (TV series) films Documentary films about African Americans Films shot in Newark, New Jersey Culture of Newark, New Jersey Films directed by Marshall Curry Documentary films about New Jersey 2000s English-language films 2000s American films