As compelling an urban mosaic as The Wire—but real—this five-night documentary series follows young Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker from public meetings to schools to midnight basketball games as he struggles with the city’s high rates of gang-related crime and violence. It also introduces us to Newark’s police director and community leaders, including a former gang member who has turned her life around—but who in Episode 1 must turn herself in to authorities on a 4-year-old parole violation. Monday–Friday, Sept. 21–25, at 10 p.m., Sundance Channel
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