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JUNE 21 - 27, 2020 staradvertiser.com SPOTLIGHT ON CHICAGO In a crowded space of Chicago-based television dramas, Showtime’s The Chi stands out. Starring Alex Hibbert, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine and Birgundi Baker, The Chi tells personal stories of south side Chicago residents that are glossed over by sensational news headlines about gun violence and out-of-touch procedurals. Back for its third season! Premiering Sunday, June 21, on Showtime. Island Focus. Now in crystal clear, on demand HD. For Spectrum customers, ¶Ōlelo’s Island Focus program and other local favorites can now be viewed on demand in High Definition on channel 1961. It’s the power of ¶Ōlelo, made even clearer. olelo.org 590208_SpectrumHD_2in.indd 2 6/16/20 6:12 PM ON THE COVER | THE CHI SEASON 3 South side stories Chicago-based drama ‘The crossed and another young man is killed in ret- er cast members. They give the series some ribution. A boy, Kevin (Alex Hibbert, “Moonlight,” levity portraying Kevin and his preteen friends, Chi’ returns for a third season 2016), happens to be in the wrong place at as they get into typical preteen mischief, and the wrong time that night and locks eyes with Kevin’s sister, Keisha, who is figuring things out By Sarah Passingham the murderer. The killer, Ronnie (Ntare Guma for herself as a teenager. Keisha is portrayed TV Media Mbaho Mwine, “Queen of Katwe,” 2016), un- by Birgundi Baker, who you may recognize from able to help himself out of the web in which her first role as young Carol in Fox’s music in- n the crowded space of Chicago-based tele- he’s become tangled, tries to keep word of dustry drama “Empire.” From trailers released vision dramas, Showtime’s “The Chi” stands what he did from spreading, even chasing by Showtime previewing Season 3 of “The Chi,” Iout.
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