with that chicago is america s biggest second-greatest city and i think that has to do a lot with it and people are just thrown to one side and left to their own devices. just by calling it chi-raq, you re saying it s a war zone. did you feel like it was a war zone when you were walking these neighborhoods? no, because the police were all around us. but my first day of pre-production, one of my i had to go to a funeral because one of my guys got shot. the first day of pre-production i was at a funeral. and while we were filming and i said this before, excuse me if it s redundant, people heard me talk on this film. june 1 was the first day of filming, july 9 was the last day. during that time 331 people got wounded and shot, 65 got murdered. from june 1 to july 9. and it s escalated since then.
and that s why we need to have the multipronged strategy, including our muslim allies. because at the end of the day, it s going to be muslim soldiers in iraq and in syria that are going to ultimately defeat isis it won t be the united states alone. mike mcfaul, wendy sherman, thank you so much. we have to leave it there. happy holidays, happy new year to you both. coming up next, spike lee on his controversial movie chi-raq and the conversation he wants his film to inspire. i want people to think
with that chicago is america s biggest second-greatest city and i think that has to do a lot with it and people are just thrown to one side and left to their own devices. just by calling it chi-raq, you re saying it s a war zone. did you feel like it was a war zone when you were walking these neighborhoods? no, because the police were all around us. but my first day of pre-production, one of my i had to go to a funeral because one of my guys got shot. the first day of pre-production i was at a funeral. and while we were filming and i said this before, excuse me if it s redundant, people heard me talk on this film. june 1 was the first day of filming, july 9 was the last day. during that time 331 people got wounded and shot, 65 got murdered. from june 1 to july 9. and it s escalated since then.
don t the complexion, the color of the trigger finger, the trigger finger does not matter to me. if you kill somebody, you kill somebody, no matter who you are. when you make a movie, you spent a lot of time studying, trying to figure this out. why is chicago so in much more worse shape? i still can t tell you. things are better. i grew up in miami. things are better in overtown. south central l.a. isn t what south central was 25 years ago. but you know what? one thing though, crack was a big part of all this stuff. there was a crack epidemic which hopefully is is finally i know what you re talking about. southeast washington, d.c. d.c., dodge city. right. these areas are not what they were 25 years ago yet here we are with chicago. you say you can t figure it out. why? everybody asks. no one has one answer. the spiritual advisor of this film is the great michael pfleger, he can t give me an answer. i think part of it has to do
and that s why we need to have the multipronged strategy, including our muslim allies. because at the end of the day, it s going to be muslim soldiers in iraq and in syria that are going to ultimately defeat isis it won t be the united states lone. mike mcfaul, wendy sherman, thank you so much. we have to leave it there. happy holidays, happy new year to you both. coming up next, spike lee on his controversial movie chi-raq and the conversation he wants his film to inspire. i want people to think