Brick City (TV series)
| Brick City | |
|---|---|
| Composer | Khari Mateen |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 11 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Sarah Barnett, Mark Benjamin, Marc Levin, Evan Shapiro, Forest Whitaker, Michael Klein, Mala Chapple |
| Producers | Jenner Furst (co-producer), Keith McQuirter (co-producer) |
| Cinematography | Daniel B. Levin, James Adolphus |
| Editors | Jenner Furst, Daniel Praid, Vanessa Procopio |
| Original release | |
| Network | Sundance Channel |
| Release | September 21, 2009 – March 13, 2011 |
Brick City is an American television documentary series on the Sundance Channel, created and directed by filmmakers Mark Benjamin and Marc Levin. The series captures the daily drama of a community striving to improve. Against great odds, Newark's citizens and its mayor, Cory Booker, fight to raise the city out of nearly a half century of violence, poverty and corruption.
It won a Peabody Award in 2009 "for its honest and passionate exposition of the lives and institutions that make up a community, and for its inspiring yet sometimes skeptical look at the trials embedded within the struggle for a better future."