Chi-Raq / Amazon Studios ; produced and directed by Spike Lee ; written by Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee ; Amazon Studios presents a 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks production ; a Spike Lee Joint.

Chi-Raq / Amazon Studios ; produced and directed by Spike Lee ; written by Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee ; Amazon Studios presents a 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks production ; a Spike Lee Joint.

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 South Side creating a movement that challenges the nature of...

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Contributors: Lee, Spike (Screenwriter), Willmott, Kevin (Screenwriter), Cannon, Nick, 1980- (Actor), Snipes, Wesley (Actor), Parris, Teyonah (Actor), Hudson, Jennifer, 1981- (Actor), Bassett, Angela (Actor), Harris, Steve, 1965- (Actor), Lennix, Harry J. (Actor), Sweeney, D. B. (Daniel Bernard), 1961- (Actor), Cusack, John, 1966- (Actor), Jackson, Samuel L. (Actor), Blanchard, Terence (composer (expression)), Libatique, Matthew, 1969- (director of photography.), Garcia, Maija (Choreographer), Aristophanes
Corporate Contributors: Amazon Studios, Roadside Attractions (Firm), Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks, Lions Gate Entertainment (Firm)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Spanish
Published: Santa Monica, Calif. : Lions Gate Entertainment, [2016]
Subjects:
Aristophanes > Film adaptations.
African American political activists > Illinois > Chicago > Drama.
Women and peace > Illinois > Chicago > Drama.
Gangs > Illinois > Chicago > Drama.
Violence > Illinois > Chicago > Drama.
Children > Death > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Children.
Family members.
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Call Number: [DVD] PN1995.9.N4 L44 2016
PN1995.9.N4 L44 2016 Available

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