Name: Brick City
Released: 2009-09-20T17:00:00.000Z

TV Show · Reality

Following Newark, N.J.'s charismatic Mayor Cory Booker as he fights to raise the city out of nearly a half-century of violence, poverty and corruption; Booker aims to keep the streets safe for summer.

2009 · 51m

EPISODE 1

Summer Is Ours

The mayor and police director of Newark, N.J., struggle to keep homicide rates down in the summer of 2008; a Blood and a Crip expect their first child together.

51m
EPISODE 2

Struggle

Creep struggles to take care of his and Jayda's children while she is in jail; Mayor Booker faces budget problems and skepticism from the middle-class North Ward; senseless murders continue.

50m
EPISODE 3

Central

Newark's new school building may not be ready in time for the fall; Jayda prepares her defense; the city faces a budget crisis.

51m
EPISODE 4

Circus

A famous circus comes to Newark for the first time in over 50 years; an internal police clash may come to a head with a potential coup against McCarthy.

51m
EPISODE 5

Red October

Newark's 50th murder of 2008 raises questions about the public safety policy; McCarthy works on a plan for an intra-gang war; Jayda faces difficult decisions regarding her future.

51m
EPISODE 1

To Plea or Not to Plea

A gang member accused of murder must make a difficult choice.

45m

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