Chi-raq
(2016)

Fiction

Blu-ray

Call Numbers:
BLU-RAY/DRAMA/CHIRAQ

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Movies BLU-RAY/DRAMA/CHIRAQ Available

Details

PUBLISHED
Santa Monica, CA : Lionsgate, [2016]
DESCRIPTION

1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in

ISBN/ISSN
0031398240099 48627, 9786316351913, 031398240099
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Title from web page

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 Chicago's Southside creating a movement that challenges the nature of race, sex and violence in America and around the world

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

Rating: R; for strong sexual content including dialogue, nudity, language, some violence and drug use

Blu-ray; requires Blu-ray player

English dialogue; Optional English and Spanish subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing

Additional Credits