![]() The lights went down in the theater, and the movie started with a 3 minute long rap called “Pray 4 My City” on a black screen with lyrics in red, talking about the violence in Chicago. And my double-breasted pea coat did not measure up. People showed up in all manners of fur, and the full-length joints with the matching headgear were in full effect. If all that wasn’t “Chicago” enough, the outfits that people had on surely were. I went to the Chicago premiere of Chi-Raq at the Chicago Theater on Sunday, November 22. He is committed to the art he wants to make and he will see it through. The trailers dropped and voices raised anew, pissed that he dared to do this. People have not been silent about letting Spike know that they do not approve of his latest project owning that name. ![]() So Chi-raq is a bitter moniker and it is telling a single and incomplete story about the Second City. Apparently, more lives have been lost in this city to gun violence than in the US military during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. “Chi-raq” is the Windy City’s unwanted nickname, spurred by its murder statistics. It’s a film that has been drowning in controversy since it was announced, especially amongst Chicagoans who took offense to a film carrying that title. The title is in your face, and so is everything else about it. Spike Lee has never been known for his subtlety as a filmmaker and that is surely not going to change with his latest movie, Chi-Raq.
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