Chi-Raq, 2015. Directed by Spike Lee Starring Nick Cannon, Teyonah Parris, Wesley Snipes, Angela Bassett, Samuel L. Jackson, John Cusack. SYNOPSIS: When an 11 year old girl is caught in the crossfire of gang warfare on Chicago’s South Side and dies as a result, the women decide it’s time to put a stop to gun […]
Movie Review – Chi-Raq (2015)
Chi-Raq, 2015. Directed by Spike Lee. Starring Nick Cannon, Teyonah Parris, Wesley Snipes, Angela Bassett, Jennifer Hudson, John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson. SYNOPSIS: A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago. Evidently, Chi-Raq – a loose adaptation of the ancient Greek play […]
Spike Lee’s Chi-raq to be first original Amazon film
With rumours doing the rounds over the past few weeks, it has now officially been announced that Spike Lee’s new film Chi-raq will be the first original movie to debut on Amazon. The film, which looks at inncer-city gun-violence in Chicago, was shot entirely in Chicago and has recently finished shooting, will be the very […]
