Title:
Chi-raq / director, Spike Lee ; writers, Spike Lee, Kevin Willmott.
Publication Information:
Santa Monica, CA : Lionsgate, [2016]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Title from web page.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2015.
Widescreen.
Bonus features: "The making of Chi-raq" featurette; Deleted scenes; Extended scenes; "We gotta do better" music video by Kevon Carter.
DVD.
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 Southside creating a movement that challenges the nature of race, sex and violence in America and around the world.
Added Corporate Author:
Added Title:
Lysistrata.
Language Note:
English dialogue; English or Spanish subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Audience:
Rating: R; for strong sexual content including dialogue, nudity, language, some violence and drug use.
Performer:
Nick Cannon, Wesley Snipes, Teyonah Parris, Jennifer Hudson, Angela Bassett, John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson.
Production Credits:
Original music, Nick Cannon.
OCLC Number:
ocn932346378
Availability:
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