Chiraq (2015)

Original title

Chi-Raq

Directed by

Spike Lee

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 07m

Rated

R

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 226 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In Chicago, a group of women lead a sex strike to stop gang violence in the Englewood neighborhood. The film mixes modern hip hop with ancient Greek comedy and stars several well known actors.

satiricalstylizedmusicalurbanurgentprovocativetheatricaldarkly comicrhythmic

What happens

Chi-Raq ( ) 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. The story is based on Aristophanes' Lysistrata, a classical Greek comedy play in which women withhold sex from their husbands to put an end to the Peloponnesian War. It stars Nick Cannon, Wesley Snipes, Teyonah Parris, Jennifer Hudson, Angela Bassett, John Cusack, and Samuel L. Jackson. It was the first film to be produced by Amazon Studios, released in select theaters on December 4, 2015, and on their video on demand service Amazon Instant Video on December 29. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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