Chi-Raq
2015 · Movie · 127 min. · United States
A drama centered on the growing violence in Chicago. 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 the world.
Direction Spike Lee
Cast Nick Cannon · Wesley Snipes · Teyonah Parris · Jennifer Hudson · Steve Harris · Harry Lennix · D.B. Sweeney · Angela Bassett · John Cusack · Samuel L. Jackson · Common · Dave Chappelle · David Patrick Kelly · Satchel Lee
Soundtrack Terence Blanchard
Screenplay Spike Lee · Kevin Willmott · Aristófanes
Cinematography Matthew Libatique
Original title Chi-Raq
Also known as Chiraq
5.8
610 votes (FilmAffinity)
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