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The Shame of a City (2006)

Gênero : Documentário

Runtime : 1H 31M

Director : Tigre Hill

Sinopse

In 1904, author Lincoln Steffens wrote, Philadelphia is a city that is corrupt and contented. In 2003 filmmaker Tigre Hill chronicled the Philadelphia mayoral race between Democrat incumbent mayor, John Street and Republican challenger Sam Katz. Early polls showed Katz with a small lead. Hill had inside access to the Katz campaign and although rebuffed by the Street campaign, managed to get footage. Twenty-seven days before the election an FBI bug was found in the mayor s office. It looked like 1904 all over again-blatant corruption. The discovery of the bug at first seemed like a death knell to the Street campaign and a near certain victory for Katz. How did the mayor react to the bug? This powerful documentary shows how-drum up support by polarizing the electorate.

Atores

Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
Himself
Bill Cosby
Bill Cosby
Himself
James Carville
James Carville
Himself
Rudolph Giuliani
Rudolph Giuliani
Himself
John F. Street
John F. Street
Himself
Sam Katz
Sam Katz
Himself

Tripulações

Tigre Hill
Tigre Hill
Director
Dianne Thompson
Dianne Thompson
Editor
Bill Jolly
Bill Jolly
Music

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