Here's the trailer for "Chi-Raq," a film directed by Spike Lee set to be released in theaters by Amazon on Dec. 4.
The trailer of the controversial production confirms that it will be a riff on the ancient Greek play "Lysistrata," where women withhold sex to help bring peace.
In the case of "Chi-raq," that plot aims to stem gang violence by characters played by Wesley Snipe and Nick Cannon, among others.
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Other actors with key roles in the trailer are Samuel L. Jackson as a colorfully dressed narrator, Jennifer Hudson as lead member of the "Black Lives Matter" movement, and John Cusack as a character clearly inspired by the St. Sabina Pastor Michael Pfleger.
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