‘Chi-Raq’ Pits Abstinence Against Violence
NPR film critic Bob Mondello reviews Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq, a movie satire in rap and verse based on Aristophanes’ ancient Greek satire Lysistrata.
NPR film critic Bob Mondello reviews Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq, a movie satire in rap and verse based on Aristophanes’ ancient Greek satire Lysistrata.
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