Chi-Raq, Amazon Studios ; 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks ; produced and directed by Spike Lee ; written by Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee
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Label
Chi-Raq, Amazon Studios ; 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks ; produced and directed by Spike Lee ; written by Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R; for strong sexual content including dialogue, nudity, language, some violence and drug use
Main title
Chi-Raq
Oclc number
932346378
Responsibility statement
Amazon Studios ; 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks ; produced and directed by Spike Lee ; written by Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee
Runtime
127
Summary
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 race, sex and violence in America and around the world
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
ChiRaqChi Raq
Contributor
- Jackson, Samuel L.
- Lennix, Harry J.
- Cannon, Nick, 1980-
- Aristophanes
- Snipes, Wesley
- Hudson, Jennifer, 1981-
- Amazon Studios (Firm)
- Lions Gate Entertainment (Firm)
- Cusack, John, 1966-
- Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks
- Parris, Teyonah
- Sweeney, D. B., Daniel Bernard, 1961-
- Harris, Steve, 1965-
- Lee, Spike
- Bassett, Angela
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resource.filmdirector
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor15
- Jackson, Samuel L.
- Lennix, Harry J.
- Cannon, Nick, 1980-
- Aristophanes
- Snipes, Wesley
- Hudson, Jennifer, 1981-
- Amazon Studios (Firm)
- Lions Gate Entertainment (Firm)
- Cusack, John, 1966-
- Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks
- Parris, Teyonah
- Sweeney, D. B., Daniel Bernard, 1961-
- Harris, Steve, 1965-
- Lee, Spike
- Bassett, Angela
- Genre1
- Subject4
- Content1
- Actor10
- resource.filmdirector1
- resource.screenwriter1
- Mapped to1