Tolerance.ca
Director / Editor: Victor Teboul, Ph.D.
Looking inside ourselves and out at the world
Independent and neutral with regard to all political and religious orientations, Tolerance.ca® aims to promote awareness of the major democratic principles on which tolerance is based.

In Spike Lee’s Latest Film, Gang Violence Sparks Sex Strike

In Spike Lee's latest film satire, Chi-raq, gang warfare engulfs south Chicago. As the women lose their children and men to violence, they decide to withhold their affections to husbands and lovers until gang fighting ends in their neighborhoods. Known for his controversial films, Lee has taken his latest inspiration from the timeless ancient Greek satire Lysistrata, written 2,500 years ago by comic playwright Aristophanes. The film's title is a mashup of Chicago and Iraq,...


Read complete article

© Voice of America -
Subscribe to Tolerance.ca


Follow us on ...
Facebook Twitter