This is the first original film to be released by Amazon Studios.
This is an updated take on the classic Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes.
Pronounced "shy-RACK", the title is a portmanteau of "Iraq" and "Chicago", used by South Side Chicago residents to refer to the area comparing it to a war zone, due to its high crime rates. Chicago's then-Mayor Rahm Emanuel didn't like the title, and asked Spike Lee to change it, thinking it would hurt the city's image.