Chi-Raq

Name: Chi-Raq
Genre: Drama, Crime, Comedy
Released: 2015-12-04
Duration: 2 h 7 min
Rating: 5.7
Cast: Teyonah Parris, Nick Cannon, Wesley Snipes, Angela Bassett, Samuel L. Jackson

No peace. No piece.

Chi-Raq (2015)

Timing: 2:7 (127 min)

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Release date

2015-12-04

Country

United States

Production

Amazon Studios, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, Roadside Attractions

Genre

Drama, Crime, Comedy

Budget

Revenue

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Director

Spike Lee

Actors

Teyonah Parris, Nick Cannon, Wesley Snipes, Angela Bassett, Samuel L. Jackson, John Cusack, Jennifer Hudson, David Patrick Kelly, D.B. Sweeney, Dave Chappelle
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Scenario

Spike Lee, Kevin Willmott

Producer

Spike Lee, Kevin Willmott, Jon Kilik

Operator

Matthew Libatique

Composer

Terence Blanchard

Artist

Alex DiGerlando, Bret August Tanzer

Audition

Genona Blue, Kim Taylor-Coleman

Editing

Hye Mee Na, Ryan Denmark
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Short description

A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago.

What's left behind the scenes

The plot is based on the ancient Greek comedy by Aristophanes, "Lysistrata," about a woman who managed to stop the war between Athens and Sparta using a "sex strike".