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.
| Director | Spike Lee |
| Produced by | Spike Lee |
| Writer(s) | Kevin Willmott, Spike Lee |
| Starring | Nick Cannon, Wesley Snipes, Teyonah Parris, Jennifer Hudson, Steve Harris, Harry Lennix, D. B. Sweeney, Angela Bassett, John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson |
| Music | Terence Blanchard |
| Cinematography | Matthew Libatique |
| Edited by | Ryan Denmark, Hye Mee Na |
| Distributed by | Roadside Attractions, Lionsgate |
| Released | December 04, 2015 (United States) |
| Running time | 127 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $15 million |
| Box office | $2.7 million |
| Netflix ID | 80087545 |
About Chi-Raq
A group of women organize to confront the on-going violence in Chicago after a young child is killed from a stray bullet. Their movement challenges the nature of race, sex, and violence around the world. The film was directed by Spike Lee.
Achievement of Chi-Raq
The story's premise comes from the ancient Greek Aristophanes' classical comedy Lysistrata. The movie received three nominations at the 2016 47th NAACP Image Awards[.
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