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Bookmark or Share- Chi-Raq, Spike Lee’s searing satire, is the director's best ... - VoxChi-Raq’s centerpiece is the funeral of a young girl who was killed by a stray bullet during an outburst of gang violence. The sequence goes on and on, first showing a musical performance,...
- Chi-Raq - WikipediaChi-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 ]
- Chi-Raq (2015) - IMDbChi-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.
- Chi-Raq movie review & film summary (2015) - Roger EbertRapper-actor Nick Cannon stars as Demetrius Dupree, leader of a purple-clad gang called the Spartans that have warred for years against the orange-clad Trojans, led by the fearsome but humor-impaired Cyclops (Wesley Snipes, who of course wears an eyepatch).
- Spike Lee's 'Chi-Raq' Pits Abstinence Against Violence In RhymeNPR film critic Bob Mondello reviews Spike Lee's Chi-Raq, a movie satire in rap and verse based on Aristophanes' ancient Greek satire Lysistrata.
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