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Forgotten, angela bassett has a scene where she says is, people dont know what theyre talking about. a character in the movie says she hates the word "chi-raq." >> you have characters ins the movie saying everything. >> people have to have a right. they want to see the different viewpoints. as a filmmaker, im not going to have every character in my movie say what i believe. >> right, now. >> thats what he artists do. >> so the other reason i think -- this has true before people saw the film. lik...

What color or complexion that pulls the trigger. as an artist, im going to look at both sides. theres a specific scene where samuel jackson talks about it. theres a gang banger on one side and chicago cop on other. if youre a parent -- whether your child got killed by a gang banger or cop, you still feel the same. >> right. >> your child is dead and your child is never coming back to you forever and for the rest of your life, you are going to have a hole in your owl. oh it doesnt matter. im goin...

People are going to be why did you make a movie about this place. >> also if youre me. >> theres a certain amount that comes with the territory. >> i understand that. >> when i watched the movie i thought to myself, this is -- its a myth. its a myth. it is a mythological film as much as it is a realistic depiction of actual urban violence. >> i use the term heightened reality. just the fact that we took this play written by the great greek playwright eris to have niece. he wrote in 4 b.c. and mo...

A series of tweets from chance the rapper who is father is ram emmanuels chief staff and the director of the mayors office of public engagement. i asked spike if this movie is really about the city of chicago into this is about america because a big take away for me for the film is guns. and its a question that weve, i dont know if were afraid to deal with it or dont want to deal with it. i dont know what it is, but i think that it is insane. its complete insanity that 88 americans die every day...

Development. >> but understand why you know, and i recognize that "chi-raq" spike lee "chi-raq." it comes from folks in chicago. you recognize that term, part of the objection to that term is sometimes when we talk about urban violence and im talking about us, me, the media, okay? >> all right. >> you can talk about west side of chicago, detroit, a lot of places. its very easy in communicating how bad it is and how traumatic it is to live there to make it seem like some other place. thats not us...

Im going going -- it doesnt matter to me. as a cowriter, director, producer of this film, it doesnt matter. we dealt with both in this film. >> spike lees "chi-raq"" is now playing in theaters nationwide. i can honestly say it is unlike anything ive seen in a very long time possibly ever. still ahead, as world leaders work against the clock at the climate change summit in paris, these unbelievable images out of china where the levels of air pollution have triggered a red alert in the capital cit...

This enemy and defeat them. >> thank you. >> thank you, chris. >> still to come, my interview with spike leon his new controversial movie "chi-raq." what he said happened in his meeting with chicago mayor ram emmanuel. >> he was trying to convince me to change the title "chi-raq." first of all, i didnt come up with the title. local chicago rappers came up with the title. his reasons for changing the title were troubling to me. ill be programming at ge. oh i got a job too, at zazzies. (friends ga...

For the film is guns. and its a question that weve, i dont know if were afraid to deal with it or dont want to deal with it. i dont know what it is, but i think that it is insane. its complete insanity that 88 americans die every day due to gun violence in this supposed civilized country that we live in. >> i mean part of what i think the some of the criticism of the film has received particularly from folks in chicago, lets just stipulate if you make a movie, if youre from a place people are go...

She plays a pivotal role. her mother, brother, and nephew were murdered in chicago. why would she be part of a film if -- if what chance rapper is saying is true why would she be in the film? >>age you just mentioned the mayor. the mayor is under tremendous -- >> the feds are in town. the feds are in the city of broad shoulders. >> now. >> the feds. f-e-d-s. >> you met with the mayor before you started filming. > we met in preproduction. >> what was that meeting like? >> it wasnt good. >> he was...

A slop in the face to any mother who lost a child. you dont live here. youve never watched someone die here. dont tell me to be calm. >> first chance rap will say full disclosure. his father works for the mayor. hes the chief of staff whatever the title is. his father is the chief of staff. show me any criticism, if hes so concerned about chicago, do your research. show me where hes made a criticism about the mayor. i think your findings will be surprising. he has not criticized the mayor. why? ...