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Chi-Raq is the latest Spike Lee joint. The film was met with controversy from the title to the content. Based on Aristophanes’s Lysistrata, the film explores gang violence in the south side of Chicago. Take a look at the trailer and let us know what you think of it.

Synopsis:

Chi-Raq is a modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes. After the murder of a child by a stray bullet, a group of women led by Lysistrata organize against the on-going violence in Chicago’s Southside creating a movement that challenges the nature of race, sex and violence in America and around the world.

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Chi-Raq is scheduled for a limited release in theaters on December 4, 2015. Tickets are available here. Afterward it will be available on Amazon Instant Video.

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Jennifer Hudson to Portray Aretha Franklin in Biopic http://filmsofcolor.com/2015/08/17/jennifer-hudson-to-portray-aretha-franklin-in-biopic/ http://filmsofcolor.com/2015/08/17/jennifer-hudson-to-portray-aretha-franklin-in-biopic/#respond Mon, 17 Aug 2015 23:55:39 +0000 http://filmsofcolor.com/?p=1116 With everyone getting a biopic, it’s no surprise that Aretha Franklin is getting one. Jennifer Hudson will be portraying the iconic singer, chronicling her rise to fame. According to Tracking Board The [film], which is currently untitled, will see Hudson… Continue Reading

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Jennifer Hudson

With everyone getting a biopic, it’s no surprise that Aretha Franklin is getting one. Jennifer Hudson will be portraying the iconic singer, chronicling her rise to fame.

According to Tracking Board

The [film], which is currently untitled, will see Hudson portraying Franklin in her transition from gospel singer to mainstream artist in the early sixties to mid-seventies.

The film will also explore the Queen of Soul’s interpersonal relationships, most notably how her abusive husband and autocratic father helped inspire and shape her epochal music during that time.

Hudson has won an Academy Award for role in Dreamgirls, so maybe she will bring that type of performance to this project. At the very least it will be interesting to see her cover Aretha Franklin’s songs. We’ll see how this develops, if it’ll come to fruition.

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Black History Month Day 13 – Winnie Mandela http://filmsofcolor.com/2015/02/13/black-history-month-day-13-winnie-mandela/ http://filmsofcolor.com/2015/02/13/black-history-month-day-13-winnie-mandela/#respond Fri, 13 Feb 2015 20:32:38 +0000 http://filmsofcolor.com/?p=438   Coretta Scott King and Betty Shabazz were taking care of things in America, but Winnie Mandela was holding things down in South Africa. Mandela is the former wife of Nelson Mandela. She is known for her vocal activism and… Continue Reading

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Winnie Mandela

 

Coretta Scott King and Betty Shabazz were taking care of things in America, but Winnie Mandela was holding things down in South Africa.

Mandela is the former wife of Nelson Mandela. She is known for her vocal activism and politics. She was a key member of the anti-Apartheid movement. When her husband was in jail, she would often be the medium between him and the rest of the world.

Winnie Mandela is a 2011 film based on the biography Winnie Mandela: A Life by Anne Marie du Preez. It starred Jennifer Hudson as Winnie Mandela and Terrence Howard (sans conk) as Nelson Mandela. It follows Mandela from her rural childhood to her marriage with Nelson to accusations of her committing violent crimes. It is available here.

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