Spike Lee is already getting blowback from the NRA, Chicago’s establishment and lace curtain liberals for his upcoming movie, CHIRAQ about gun violence in Chicago.
(from interview at Deadline) “I would just be irresponsible as a filmmaker to not comment on this self-inflicted genocide, which is happening. The majority of the shootings and the killings are in the south side of Chicago. Chicago – I mean I’m not the only one to say this – arguably is one of the most segregated 
cities in the U.S.”
“During that time of production while we were in Chicago, 331 people got wounded and shot and 65 got murdered. And one of the issues that we talk about in this film is that guns are out of control here in America,” “There has to be some gun reform and that is going to be a fight because you have to go up against the NRA, the National Rifle Association. And their lobby is very, very powerful.”
“Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq” is set to hit theaters and Amazon Prime in December. Read more of Lee’s Deadline interview here.