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She's Gotta Have It
She's Gotta Have It is a 1986 American black-and-white comedy-drama film written, edited and directed by Spike Lee. Filmed on a small budget and Lee's first feature-length film, it earned positive reviews and launched Lee's career.
The film stars Tracy Camilla Johns, Tommy Redmond Hicks, John Canada Terrell and Lee himself in a supporting role. Also appearing are cinematographer Ernest Dickerson as a Queens, New York resident and, in an early
first student film to be showcased in Lincoln Center's New Directors/New Films Festival. Lee's first feature-film "She's Gotta Have It" was released three years later in 1986. Lee directed, produced, wrote, and acted in his first three feature-films: "She's Gotta Have It", "School Daze", and "Do the Right Thing". Lee has starred or acted in many of his own films, including the role of Mars Blackmon, which he reprised