With an all-star cast, Spike Lee's latest project, Chi-Raq gives us an up close and personal look at what it's like living in, America's most violent city, Chicago. Looking like a war zone in some areas, the city was given the nickname of Chi-Raq (Chicago + Iraq) because the homicides and violence is comparable to the living conditions in Iraq. The film will be in theaters December 4th, 2015, starring Nick Cannon, Teyonah Parris, Anya Engel-Adams, Wesley Snipes and Angela Bassett. Check out the trailer below.
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.