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CHI-RAQ (USA 2015) ***
Directed by Spike Lee
Starring: Nick Cannan, Teyonah Parris, Wesley Snipes, Angela Bassett
Review by Gibert Seah
CHI-RAQ, the film’s title is made up of the first and last syllables of the cities of Chicago and Iraq respectively and used s the title for the reason that more people have been killed in Chicago than the Americans in the Iraq war with the result of south side Chicago (the film’s setting) being declared a war zone.
The film, a mix of satire and musical contains lots of song and dance numbers with a very strong message. The message is to save the babies and do away with guns. The film begins with the death of a little girl from a stray bullet. The black women of Chicago have had enough. The women of…
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