| She's Gotta Have It | |
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| Directed by | Spike Lee |
| Written by | Spike Lee |
| Produced by | Spike Lee (credited as Shelton J. Lee) |
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| Cinematography | Ernest Dickerson |
| Edited by | Spike Lee |
| Music by | Bill Lee |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Island Pictures |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $175,000 |
| Box office | $7.1 million[1] |
She's Gotta Have It is a 1986 American black-and-white comedy drama film written, produced, edited and directed by Spike Lee.[2] Filmed on a small budget and Lee's first feature-length film to be released, 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 appearance, S. Epatha Merkerson as a doctor. The plot concerns a young woman (Johns) who is seeing three men, and the feelings this arrangement provokes.
In 2017, Lee adapted the film into a Netflix series.
In 2019, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
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