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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...

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Uniform Title:Chi-Raq (Motion picture)
Other Authors: Lee, Spike (Screenwriter), Willmott, Kevin (Screenwriter), Cannon, Nick, 1980- (Actor), Snipes, Wesley (Actor), Parris, Teyonah (Actor), Hudson, Jennifer, 1981- (Actor), Bassett, Angela (Actor), Cusack, John, 1966- (Actor), Jackson, Samuel L. (Actor), Aristophanes
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:English
Language Notes:English dialogue with optional English or Spanish subtitles; optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Published: Santa Monica, Calif. : Lionsgate, [2016]
Subjects:
African American political activists > Illinois > Chicago > Drama.
Women and peace > Illinois > Chicago > Drama.
Gangs > Illinois > Chicago > Drama.
Children > Death > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Children > Death.
Gangs.
Man-woman relationships.
Illinois > Chicago.
Crime films.
Comedy films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.

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Call Number: PN1997.2 .C4453 2016b
Notes: This Blu-ray disc will not play in standard DVD players
 
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