Spike Lee’s latest movie, “Chi-raq,” filmed in Chicago for five weeks this summer. By the time the project wrapped July 9, Lee had shot in 18 locations around the city, mostly on the South ...

John Cusack, left, one of the stars of the film “Chi-Raq” poses for a photograph with Rev. Michael Pfleger at the Waldorf Astoria in Chicago on Nov. 23, 2015.

While many just see Chi-Raq as Spike Lee doing what Spike Lee does, some see another mistreatment of a situation that’s been mistreated enough.

Chicago is a war zone, so much so that in recent years its younger citizens have taken to calling it Chiraq, after Iraq, the Middle Eastern nation the United States has been deadlocked in a war ...

Spike Lee Film "Chi-Raq" Premiering In Chicago November 22, 2015 / 5:44 PM / CBS Chicago (CBS) -- The title alone caused protest and controversy but tonight, "Chi-Raq" the movie premieres.

“Chi-Raq,” in which Nick Cannon, Samuel L. Jackson, Teyonah Parris, and Angela Bassett star, took in an estimated $1.2 million from 305 theaters, for a solid $3,900 per-screen average. But in ...

From the former came the film’s plot and structure; based on “Lysistrata,” “Chi-Raq” tells the story of women in inner-city Chicago (and, eventually, all over the world) pledging to ...

This photo provided by Roadside Attractions and Amazon Studios shows Teyonah Parris as Lysistrata in Spike Lee s film, "Chi-Raq." The movie opens in U.S. theaters on Dec. 4, 2015.

The stars were out in downtown Chicago Sunday night for the world premiere of Spike Lee's latest film "Chi-Raq." 24/7 Live Chicago & Suburban Cook Co. North Suburbs West Suburbs South Suburbs NW ...