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Chi-Raq ( / ʃaɪˈræk /) 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. [5]
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.
The girlfriend (Teyonah Parris) of a Chicago gang leader (Nick Cannon) persuades other frustrated women to abstain from sex until their men agree to end the senseless...
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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 ...
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Dec 2, 2015 · "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 ...
Dec 11, 2015 · 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...
Nov 23, 2015 · Film Review: ‘Chi-Raq’. This sprawling, blistering state-of-the-reunion-address is Spike Lee's most vital movie in years. It may not take much to make Spike Lee angry, but there’s no denying ...
Dec 4, 2015 · Based on the ancient Greek comedy Lysistrata, by Aristophanes, Chi-Raq concerns itself with the women of Chicago's South Side enacting a sex strike until the men stop wantonly...
