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‘Chi-Raq’: Spike Lee’s look at Chicago’s pain is flawed, frustrating but focused
Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq opens with a declaration of emergency and shortly thereafter, you hear the voice of Father Michael Pfelger, a white priest from Chicago’s South Side who has long been active against violence in the community.