CHICAGO (WLS) -- The word "Chiraq", the title of a Spike Lee movie filming in the city, was the subject of the debate at City Club of Chicago on Thursday. "You can have a great substance to the movie, ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Followed by mothers who have lost children to gun violence, director Spike Lee came to the city's South Side to defend his upcoming film, "Chiraq." Mayor Rahm Emanuel and some ...

A South Side alderman has denied a Chicago church a permit for a "Chiraq" block party intended to celebrate the filming for Spike Lee’s upcoming movie “Chiraq” because he opposes the film’s title. "I ...

The latest Spike Lee joint will not be coming to a theater near you. It's a part of the upcoming video game NBA 2K16. The legendary filmmaker wrote and directed the game's story-driven career mode.

Spike Lee is up to something. The working title of his next film is “Chiraq,” and TheWrap reports Lee hopes to cast at least three prominent Chicagoans: Common, Jeremy Piven, and Kanye West. When I ...

The teenagers who live among the persistent sirens, screams and gunshots in Briana Lawrence’s Englewood neighborhood have their own name for Chicago: “Chiraq.” The term sums up their feeling that ...

President Obama may have gotten our troops out of Iraq, but the gunfire in his hometown of Chicago is still earning it a searing nickname coined by young people who live there. On Easter weekend, 45 ...

More news about Spike Lee’s “Chiraq” is trickling out. The movie will be based on an ancient Greek comedy about a battle of the sexes, according to That may come as a surprise to those who have made ...