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SIU Reviews: Chi-Raq

WSIU Public Broadcasting | By Walter Metz
Published January 26, 2016 at 7:45 AM CST
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Spike Lee's 2015 satirical drama Chi-Raq is new on DVD this week.  The movie is based on the Greek comedy Lysistrata and uses gang violence in Chicago as a backdrop for the film's storyline.  Film critic Walter Metz takes a closer look in this edition of SIU Reviews.

Walter Metz is a professor of Film Studies in the College of Mass Communication and Media Arts at Southern Illinois University.
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Walter Metz
Walter Metz is a Professor of Film Studies in the Department of Cinema and Photography at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He teaches film, television, theater and photography history, theory and criticism.
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