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>> dude, this is about life and death, about a community that's a wreck. and you want to sit here and talk about how women behave? fool, we try too long free these slaves, slaves to the madness, slaves to this violence and what you just want us to silence? we're going to make sure these fools put down these guns. and stop thinking that this craziness is fun. >> spike lee's new movie is called "chi-raq"". it is a fan tastical mythical modern adaption of lysistrata. where women band together for a sex strike to put an end to the gang violence in their chicago neighborhoods. film has been controv...

>> there's a certain amount that comes with the territory. >> i understand that. >> when i watched the movie i thought to myself, this is -- it's a myth. it's 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 aristophanes. he wrote in 4 b.c. and moved to southside of chicago where the premise is women take control by withholding sex. i mean, it's heightened reality. >> what do you mean by that? >> is that people are not going to start...

Hudson is in the film. 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 wasn't good. >> he was not happy. >> he was not happy. he never said spike, you can't make this fi...

As a cowriter, director, producer of this film, it doesn't matter. we dealt with both in this film. >> spike lee's "chi-raq" is now playing in theaters nationwide. i can honestly say it is unlike anything i've 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 city. all that's coming up. when you've got a house

He was trying to convince me to change the title of "chi-raq"". first of all, i didn't come up with the title. local chicago rap areas came up with the title. his reasons for changing the title were troubling to me. he said the title "chi-raq"" would hurt tourism and economic development. >> but understand why you know, and i recognize that "chi-raq"" spike lee didn't come up with "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 i'm talking about us, me, themide media, o? >> all right. >> ...