[…] For Spike Lee’s 1986 feature film debut, Brooklyn New York’s Dean of Cinema transformed roughly $185,000, 12 shooting days, black and white film stock and a cast of vibrant non-stereotypical three-dimensional African-American characters into She’s Gotta Have It. The result was the first Spike Lee Joint that he wrote, directed, produced and acted in, the birth of Spike’s 40 Acres & a Mule Filmworks banner, over $7 million in box office receipts, and prestigious rewards bestowed by the Cannes Film Festival, …read more […]