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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.
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- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Spike Lee
- 2016-12-02
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, 2015 · Chi-Raq. "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 American ...
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Dec 4, 2015 · Chi-Raq. Watch Chi-Raq with a subscription on Prime Video. Chi-Raq is as urgently topical and satisfyingly ambitious as it is wildly uneven -- and it contains some of Spike Lee's smartest ...
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Directed by the critically acclaimed filmmaker Spike Lee, Chi-Raq is a modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play “Lysistrata” by Aristophanes. 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 ...
Dec 9, 2015 · Spike Lee’s “Chi-Raq,” set in a few neighborhoods in Chicago, is an American movie and a movie about America. It’s radically patriotic in its demand for American practice to live up to ...
