Friday, February 5, 2016

Chi-Raq, a Movie as a Social Commentary.

Just watched the movie, Chi-Raq. Almost every Spike Lee's movie is a social commentary on the Black American communities. Chi-Raq, his latest work for instance, deserves to be seen by every African American. But that obviously, will never be the case.
The problem is that Lee's movies tell "too much" truth in a society where the word "Truth" is a hated, bitter pill to swallow.

Even though Chi-Raq reveals everything that is wrong in our communities, it's too boring for a people that will rather see something else, possibly, a movie that turns a blind eye to the truth and simply entertain.
It's so sad to learn, through Chi-Raq that in Chicago city alone, the number of young Black folks that were murdered in cold blood by fellow Black people, is almost the same as the number of all Americans killed in the Iraqi war.

The same movie paints a vivid picture of how we, as Black people, enjoy using the "N", the "B" and the "H" words blatantly on each other in a daily orgy of profane, self-denigrations.
Yet, if a non-Black person should use an equal dose of those negative words on a Black person or, worse still, kill a Black guy, there would be riots and mayhem on the streets. What a society!

3 comments:

Marjorie Williams said...

I've not seen the movie. But this review is so touching, I'll find time to see for myself. Thanks for sharing.

Aretha Watson said...

I love Spike Lee for telling us blacks the truth in his movies. And while I can't speak for others, I know quiet a lot of friends and fellow black people around me that appreciate the truth in those movies. Thanks for sharing.

Bertha Conley said...

I love this posting on Chiraq. Thanks for sharing.