Chi-Raq

A Chicago gang war finds an unlikely peacekeeper in a woman tired of funerals. Spike Lee transplants Aristophanes' anti-war satire into a city where ceasefires feel like miracles. The film stops just short of believing its own rhetoric.

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Chi-Raq was released in 2015 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 127 minutes.