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Chi-Raq (/ ʃ aɪ ˈ r æ k /) is a 2015 American musical crime comedy drama film, directed and produced by Spike Lee and co-written by Lee and Kevin Willmott. Set in Chicago, the film focuses on the gang violence prevalent in neighborhoods on the city's south side, particularly the Englewood neighborhood.
- $15 million
- December 4, 2015 (United States)
- Spike Lee
- Terence Blanchard
Dec 2, 2016 · Chi-Raq: Directed by Spike Lee. With Nick Cannon, Teyonah Parris, Wesley Snipes, Angela Bassett. A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago, Illinois.
- (11K)
- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Spike Lee
- 2016-12-02
Chi-Raq. R. 2015, Comedy/Drama, 2h 7m. 82% Tomatometer 151 Reviews. 53% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings. What to know. Critics Consensus. Chi-Raq is as urgently topical and satisfyingly...
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- Spike Lee
- R
- Nick Cannon
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Dec 2, 2015 · Powered by JustWatch. "Chi-Raq" is a modern-day musical satire about violence and guns and men and women and sex and power. Its title is a slang term coined by residents of Chicago's violence-plagued South side, empowered by statistics showing that more Americans have died from gunshots in the last twelve years than soldiers involved in the ...
After the murder of a child by a stray bullet, a group of women led by Lysistrata organize against the on-going violence in Chicago’s Southside creating a movement that challenges the nature of race, sex and violence in America and around the world. 5,659 IMDb 5.9 2 h 6 min 2015. X-Ray HDR UHD R.
Nov 25, 2015 · Jordan Hoffman. @jhoffman. Wed 25 Nov 2015 06.54 EST. Do the right thing: Spike Lee's Chicago film must avoid the city's crime clichés. Read more. Don’t come to Chi-Raq looking for a carefully...
