Chi-raq
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Chi-raq
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The work Chi-raq represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Wadleigh Memorial Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.
- Label
- Chi-raq
- Statement of responsibility
- director, Spike Lee ; writers, Spike Lee, Kevin Willmott
- Subject
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- Gangs
- Gangs -- Illinois | Chicago -- Drama
- Illinois -- Chicago
- Man-woman relationships
- Man-woman relationships -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Children -- Death
- Children -- Death -- Drama
- DVD-Video discs
- Drama
- Feature films
- Feature films
- Fiction films
- Fiction films
- Language
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- eng
- eng
- spa
- eng
- eng
- 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 Chicago2s Southside creating a movement that challenges the nature of race, sex and violence in America and around the world
- Cataloging source
- TEFMT
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- Credits note
- Original music, Nick Cannon
- Dewey number
- 791.43/72
- Intended audience
- Rating: R; for strong sexual content including dialogue, nudity, language, some violence and drug use
- Language note
- English dialogue; English or Spanish subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing, SDH
- LC call number
- PN1997.2
- LC item number
- .C45 2016
- PerformerNote
- Nick Cannon, Wesley Snipes, Teyonah Parris, Jennifer Hudson, Angela Bassett, John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson
- Runtime
- 93
- Target audience
- adult
- Technique
- live action
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