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Chiraq
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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.
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5.7A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago.
Cast
- Teyonah Parris as Lysistrata
- Nick Cannon as Demetrius 'Chi-Raq' Dupree
- Wesley Snipes as Sean 'Cyclops' Andrews
- Angela Bassett as Miss Helen Worthy
- Samuel L. Jackson as Dolmedes
- John Cusack as Fr. Mike Corridan
Themes
- chicago, illinois
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Key facts
- Film.country
- United States
- Film.name
- Chi-Raq
- Film.image
- ChiRaqMoviePoster.png
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Spike Lee
- Film.producer
- Spike Lee
- Film.music
- Terence Blanchard
- Film.cinematography
- Matthew Libatique
- Film.distributor
- Roadside AttractionsLionsgate
- Film.runtime
- 127 minutes
- Film.language
- English
- Film.budget
- $15 million
- Film.gross
- $2.7 million
- Album.name
- Chi-Raq: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Album.type
- Soundtrack
- Album.artist
- various artists
- Album.genre
- Soundtrack
- Album.label
- RCA Records
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Watch CHI-RAQ (4K UHD) | Prime Video
Directed by the critically acclaimed filmmaker Spike Lee, 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.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Lysistrata
- Director
- Spike Lee
- Screenwriter
- Kevin Willmott
- Cast member
- La La Anthony
- Composer
- Terence Blanchard
- Producer
- Spike Lee
- Production company
- 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks
- Cinematographer
- Matthew Libatique
- Narrative location
- Chicago
- Duration
- 127
- FilmAffinity ID
- 127629
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.chiraqthemovie.com
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- publication date
- 2015-00-00
- title
- Chiraq
- distributed by
- Netflix
- different from
- Jacques Chirac
- social media followers
- 2619
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 77/100
- after a work by
- Aristophanes
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Cast
- Production
- Casting
- Filming
- Music
- Release
- Theatrical
- Marketing
- Reception
- Box office
- Critical response
- Accolades
- Controversies
- See also
- References
- External links
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.
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