The Shame of a City (2006)
91 min
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.
- Release date
- April 6, 2006
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- James Carville as Self
- Bill Clinton as Self
- Bill Cosby as Self
- Rudy Giuliani as Self
- Sam Katz as Self
- Will Mega as Self
- The Philadelphia Political Machine as Themselves
- John F. Street as Self
Crew
- Tigre Hill · Director
- Tigre Hill · Producer
- Omar Williams · Producer
- Tigre Hill · Cinematographer
- Dianne Thompson · Cinematographer
- Dianne Thompson · Editor