Chiraq
Sign in to saveChi-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.
Released: 2015-12-04127 minDir: Spike LeeDrama, Crime, Comedy
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
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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
Key dates
- Published
- 2015
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- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- crime film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Lysistrata
- Director
- Spike Lee
- Screenwriter
- Kevin Willmott
- Cast member
- Roger Guenveur Smith
- Composer
- Terence Blanchard
- Producer
- Spike Lee
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- Controversies
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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.
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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