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2016

Format:	DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Title:	Chi-raq / director, Spike Lee ; writers, Spike Lee, Kevin Willmott.
Publisher, Date:	Santa Monica, CA : Lionsgate, [2016]
Description:	1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. digital optical video file DVD video
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.
Target Audience Note:	Rating: R; for strong sexual content including dialogue, nudity, language, some violence and drug use.
Subjects:	Children -- Death -- Drama. Gangs -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Drama. Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Genre:	Feature films. Fiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Other Author:	Lee, Spike, film director, screenwriter. Willmott, Kevin, screenwriter. Cannon, Nick, 1980- actor. Snipes, Wesley, actor. Parris, Teyonah, actor. Hudson, Jennifer, 1981- actor. Bassett, Angela, actor. Cusack, John, 1966- actor. Jackson, Samuel L., actor. Lions Gate Films (Santa Monica, Calif.) publisher.
Notes:	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. Original music, Nick Cannon. Nick Cannon, Wesley Snipes, Teyonah Parris, Jennifer Hudson, Angela Bassett, John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson. DVD. English dialogue; English or Spanish subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
ISBN:	0031398240068
Publisher Number:	48624
Other Number:	932346378
System Availability:	2
Current Holds:	0
# Local items:	2
Control Number:	559234
# Local items in:	2
# System items in:	2
Call Number:	DVD MOVIE Chi-raq

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