On his latest project, director Spike Lee creates an current day version of Aristophanes' ancient Greek play Lysistrata.
Samuel L. Jackson's character narrates us through the story 'Welcome to Chi-raq, land Of Pain, misery and strife' and tells the viewers how this particular story came to life. After the accidental death of a child by a gun shot, the ladies of a neighbourhood in Chicago (which garnered the epithet Chi-raq for its similarities to Iraq) decided to take matters into their own hands.
One woman, Lysistrata, has an idea, a battle cry of her own, but one to unite the women of Chicago in a bid to stop their men from 'bangin' and slingin', flightin' for the flag and risking that long zipper on a cadaver bag.'
A pact is made and the women are soon depriving the men of Chicago the one thing they're all wanting in a move to find a peaceful solution to the city's problems.
Judging from the trailer, the lyrical pace seems to play a huge part in the delivery of the script, in a similar - yet unique - way to Baz Luhrmann's 1996 adaptation of Romeo + Juliet.
Starring: Teyonah Parris, Nick Cannon, Wesley Snipes, Jennifer Hudson, D.B. Sweeney, Harry Lennix, Steve Harris, Felicia Pearson, Angela Bassett, John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Anya Engel-Adams, Michelle Mitchenor, Ebony Joy, La La Anthony, Val Warner, David Patrick Kelly, Sarunas J. Jackson, Corey Hendrix, William Gines, Quincy Griffin, Chantley Lorraine Ward