Chi-Raq
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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 · A modern adaptation of Aristophanes' Lysistrata, set in Chicago's Southside, where women go on a sex strike to end gang violence. IMDb provides cast and crew, reviews, trivia, awards, videos, photos and more for this controversial film.
Dec 2, 2015 · A modern adaptation of Aristophanes' "Lysistrata", the film follows a woman who leads a sex strike to end the gang wars in Chicago. With rap, rhyme, and humor, Lee explores the causes and consequences of gun violence and social injustice.
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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.
3.4K. 485K views 8 years ago. Subscribe to our channel: http://goo.gl/Etb1I3 Watch the trailer for CHI-RAQ the modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set...
Chi-Raq is as urgently topical and satisfyingly ambitious as it is wildly uneven -- and it contains some of Spike Lee's smartest, sharpest, and all-around entertaining late-period work.
