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Chi-Raq (2015)

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

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Chi-Raq
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Lysistrata
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Rasheeda
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Cyclops
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Miss Helen
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Indigo
Ebony Joy ...
Marcy
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Dania
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Dolmedes
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Hecuba
Val Warner ...
Electra Johnson
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Irene
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Major King Kong
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Big Mike
Corey Hendrix ...
Jah
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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.

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This film reunites director Spike Lee and co-stars Samuel L. Jackson and Wesley Snipes for the third time in 25 years since 1991's Jungle Fever (1991). Their first collaboration together was 1990's Mo' Better Blues (1990). See more »

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