'Chi-raq' a Spike Lee satire on guns and gangs in modern America
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‘Chi-raq’ is the latest film by Spike Lee, set in Chicago the film satires the gang violence and high crime rates on the city’s south side.
Angry, hilarious, and uniformly moving, Spike Lee’s CHI-RAQ is mandatory viewing: https://t.co/LpSHR0043e pic.twitter.com/8YbTZEX1dr— Tribeca (@Tribeca) December 8, 2015
The term ‘Chi-raq’ is an endonym used by south siders to describe their violent neighbourhoods.
‘Chi-Raq’ Scratches At Black America’s Generation Gap In A Time Of Protest https://t.co/hGPrZZ9wBk #UniteBlue pic.twitter.com/a8uXx0Hb9Z— The Progressive Mind (@Libertea2012) December 6, 2015
In the film women in the area withdraw sexual favours until the violence ends.
Spike Lee sees the movie as a modern American tale: “We think that we made a film that’s about contemporary America and deals with issues in America today that affects all Americans. We have to come out from under the tyranny of the NRA and the gun manufacturers. That’s what it comes down to. And not vote politic
Angry, hilarious, and uniformly moving, Spike Lee’s CHI-RAQ is mandatory viewing: https://t.co/LpSHR0043e pic.twitter.com/8YbTZEX1dr— Tribeca (@Tribeca) December 8, 2015
The term ‘Chi-raq’ is an endonym used by south siders to describe their violent neighbourhoods.
‘Chi-Raq’ Scratches At Black America’s Generation Gap In A Time Of Protest https://t.co/hGPrZZ9wBk #UniteBlue pic.twitter.com/a8uXx0Hb9Z— The Progressive Mind (@Libertea2012) December 6, 2015
In the film women in the area withdraw sexual favours until the violence ends.
Spike Lee sees the movie as a modern American tale: “We think that we made a film that’s about contemporary America and deals with issues in America today that affects all Americans. We have to come out from under the tyranny of the NRA and the gun manufacturers. That’s what it comes down to. And not vote politic