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Chi-Raq: Music & Art
Chi-Raq (/ʃaɪˈræk/ ⓘ) is a 2015 American musical crime comedy drama film, directed and produced by Spike Lee and co-written by Lee and Kevin Willmott. Set in Chicago, the film focuses on the gang violence prevalent in neighborhoods on the city's south side, particularly the Englewood neighborhood.
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Chi-Raq topic overview
The analysis highlights Music and Art as prominent areas in the source structure around Chi-Raq.
Related topics
64
Source areas
7
Connected nodes
71
Extracted relationships
116
Concept neighborhoods
25
Bridge connections
71
What this topic covers Research coverage
Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.
Overview · 25 topics
Cast · 13 topics
Reception · 11 topics
Plot · 7 topics
Production · 5 topics
Release · 2 topics
Music · 1 topics
Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.
Key facts & relationships
High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.
Based on
Lysistrata by Aristophanes
Box office
$2.7 million
Budget
$15 million
Cinematography
Matthew Libatique
Country
United States
Directed by
Spike Lee
Explore all related topics Closing gaps
A structured outline of related entities, concepts and subtopics. Open any item to build a new map centered on it.
Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.
Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.
How Chi-Raq connects Entity context
Entity context groups extracted connections by relationship type. Counts show recurrence in the analyzed source; the examples are research signals, not claims about importance.
The extracted context around Chi-Raq shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Chi-Raq → AndrewsTeyonah Parris, BacchosTink, Benny, BesomightyDave Chappelle, Commissioner BladesLa La Anthony, Cyclops, DaniaJay Washington, Demetrius, DolemedesMichelle Mitchenor, Dr, DupreeWesley Snipes, Fr, Gemini, General King KongIrma, Hall, HecubaFelicia Pearson, IndigoD, IreneAngela Bassett, Jackson, LeeSage Another extracted example is Chi-Raq → After, Cyclops, Demetrius Dupree, Demetrius's, Dolemedes, Gbowee, In Chicago's Southside, Inspired, Irene, Leymah Gbowee, Lysistrata, Miss Helen Worthy, No Peace, No Pussy, Patti, Second Liberian Civil War, Spartans, Trojans, Worthy. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
Chi-Raq → After, Cyclops, Demetrius Dupree, Demetrius's, Dolemedes, Gbowee, In Chicago's Southside, Inspired, Irene, Leymah Gbowee, Lysistrata, Miss Helen Worthy, No Peace, No Pussy, Patti, Second Liberian Civil War, Spartans, Trojans, Worthy
related to Controversies· 12
Chi-Raq → Amy Ho, Chicago, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Tribune, City, Criticism, Critiques, Iraq, Lee, The, The November, Twitter
Starring· 10
Chi-Raq → Angela Bassett, D.B. Sweeney, Harry Lennix, Jennifer Hudson, John Cusack, Nick Cannon, Samuel L. Jackson, Steve Harris, Teyonah Parris, Wesley Snipes
Relationships are represented as Subject → Predicate → Object triples. Confidence describes extraction strength, not the real-world importance of a relationship; lower-confidence rows may be contextual rather than explicit.
TTTA extracted 116 structured relationships around Chi-Raq. Examples in this analysis include Chi-Raq → Based on → Lysistrata by Aristophanes and Chi-Raq → Box office → $2.7 million. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
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Object
Confidence
Src
Chi-Raq
Based on
Lysistrata by Aristophanes
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Chi-Raq
Box office
$2.7 million
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Chi-Raq
Budget
$15 million
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Cinematography
Matthew Libatique
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Chi-Raq
Country
United States
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Chi-Raq
Directed by
Spike Lee
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Chi-Raq
Distributed by
Roadside Attractions Lionsgate
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Chi-Raq
Edited by
Ryan Denmark
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Chi-Raq
Edited by
Hye Mee Na
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Chi-Raq
Language
English
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Chi-Raq
Music by
Terence Blanchard
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Chi-Raq
Produced by
Spike Lee
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Chi-Raq
Production companies
Amazon Studios
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Chi-Raq
Production companies
40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks
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Chi-Raq
Release date
December 4, 2015 (2015-12-04) (United States)
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Chi-Raq
Running time
127 minutes
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Chi-Raq
Starring
Nick Cannon
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Chi-Raq
Starring
Wesley Snipes
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Chi-Raq
Starring
Teyonah Parris
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Chi-Raq
Starring
Jennifer Hudson
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Chi-Raq
Starring
Steve Harris
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infobox
Chi-Raq
Starring
Harry Lennix
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infobox
Chi-Raq
Starring
D.B. Sweeney
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Chi-Raq
Starring
Angela Bassett
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infobox
Chi-Raq
Starring
John Cusack
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infobox
Chi-Raq
Starring
Samuel L. Jackson
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infobox
Chi-Raq
Written by
Kevin Willmott
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infobox
Chi-Raq
Written by
Spike Lee
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Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods
Concept neighborhoods group terms that sit near one another in the extracted graph. They are useful for discovering adjacent language and context, but proximity does not by itself imply a factual relationship.
The concept neighborhoods around Chi-Raq bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Music, Film and Produced. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
Chi-Raq
Music
Film
Produced
Amazon
Parris
Teyonah
Based
Black
Cannon
Demetrius
Hudson
Jennifer
chi-raq
Music
Film
Produced
Amazon
Parris
Teyonah
Based
Black
Cannon
Demetrius
Hudson
Jennifer
lysistrata
Sex
Play
Women
Violence
Demetrius
Parris
Teyonah
Black
Cannon
Hudson
Jennifer
Mayor
wesley snipes
Cannon
Hudson
Jennifer
Nick
Snipes
Wesley
Parris
Teyonah
Cusack
Angela
John
Bassett
angela bassett
Bassett
Cusack
John
Samuel
Snipes
Cannon
Hudson
Jennifer
Nick
Wesley
Parris
Teyonah
spike lee
Produced
Black
Snipes
Women
Lysistrata
Parris
Play
Teyonah
Based
Cannon
Hudson
Jennifer
nick cannon
Hudson
Jennifer
Nick
Wesley
Snipes
Parris
Teyonah
Cusack
Angela
John
Bassett
Samuel
jennifer hudson
Hudson
Jennifer
Nick
Wesley
Snipes
Parris
Teyonah
Cusack
Angela
John
Bassett
Samuel
Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges
Semantic bridges connect parts of the graph that would otherwise be more separate. A bridge is a structural signal in this analysis, not a claim that the two topic areas are equivalent.
For Chi-Raq, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Chi-Raq with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
Number of nodes, edges, triples, density and central hubs. Use it to gauge the size and connectivity of the map.
Chi-Raq
Nodes72
Edges71
Triples116
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.027778
Components1
Source & methodology
TTTA analyzes the structure around Chi-Raq to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Music & Art, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
