Sheās Gotta Have It
film by Lee [1986]
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She's Gotta Have It (1986) is a film by Spike Lee, who also wrote, produced, directed, edited, and acted in it. The film, made on a $175,000 budget, is a character study about the love life of a contemporary Black woman. It was praised at the Cannes film festival and described as "Godardesque". Lee later revisited the film, creating a Netflix series adaptation in 2017 that brought the main character, Nola Darling, into the 21st century as she navigated her career and relationships.12
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