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Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 48624 | LionsgateLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English, Spanish Publisher: Santa Monica, California : Lions Gate Entertainment, [2016]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videocassette
ISBN:
  • 9786316351906
  • 6316351909
Uniform titles:
  • Chi-raq (Motion picture)
Related works:
  • Motion picture adaptation of (work): Aristophanes. Lysistrata
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1997.2 .C45 2016
NLM classification:
  • 48624
Online resources: Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Matthew Libatique ; editors, Ryan Denmark, Hye Mee Na ; original music score, Terence Blanchard ; choreography, Maija Garcia.
Cast: Nick Cannon, Wesley Snipes, Teyonah Parris, Jennifer Hudson, Steve Harris, Harry Lennix, D.B. Sweeney, Angela Bassett, John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson.Summary: "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 South Side, creating a movement that challenges the nature of race, sex and violence in America and around the world"--Container.
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Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD-02989 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050303452

Originally released as a motion picture in 2015.

The q in the title appears as a diamond with a peace symbol in it.

Bonus features: "The making of Chi-raq" featurette; Deleted scenes; Extended scenes; "We gotta do better" music video by Kevon Carter.

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

DVD; NTSC; region 1; wide screen 16x9 (2.39:1) aspect ratio; Dolby Digital 5.1.

In English with optional English or Spanish subtitles; optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

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