Chi-Raq[3]
is a satirical musical drama film directed by
Spike Lee and written by Lee and
Kevin Willmott. Set in
Chicago, the film is a satire that touches on the
gang violence prevalent in some neighborhoods on
the city's south side, particularly that of
Englewood.
[4] The film is based on
Aristophanes'
Lysistrata, a
Classical Greek comedy play in which various women withhold
physical affection from their husbands as punishment for fighting in war.
[5]
The girlfriend (Teyonah Parris) of a Chicago gang leader (Nick Cannon) persuades other frustrated women to abstain from sex until their men agree to end the senseless cycle of violence.
Miami Tail
A Miami Tail is a 2003 produced US
film comedy with the rapper
Trina in the lead role, the topic on the plot of the Greek comedy
Lysistrata inspired.
The women of Liberty City protest the disrespect of women by refusing sex to their gangbanging boyfriends.
Due to rising violence between rival
street gangs in
Miami and dissatisfaction with the treatment of their partners, the women of a close
social focus lying district under the guidance of
Alica together and form a
protest movement for the abolition of these abuses. They barricaded themselves together in a basketball gym and deny men any approaches with the aim to bring all violence among themselves and abuse towards women to a standstill. In the end they reached a break in the bloody
conflicts in the neighborhood,
drug deals and shootings grind to a halt, the participating heads of street gangs have a
truce to negotiate. In addition, the women have their the new
self-confidence proved supported independence and are characterized with more
respect treated as previously.
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