She's Gotta Have It (1986)
- Starring:
- Tracy Camilla Johns, Tommy Redmond Hicks, (more)
- Director(s):
- Spike Lee
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
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Spike Lee's breakthrough independent feature, shot in fifteen days on a budget of $175,000, ushered in (along with Jim Jarmusch's Stranger Than Paradise) the American independent film movement of the 1980s. It was also a groundbreaking film for African-American filmmakers and a welcome change in the representation of blacks in American cinema, depicting men and women of color not as pimps and whores, but as intelligent, upscale urbanites. Lee's slight tale, which carries much psychological and historical baggage, concerns Nola Darling (Tracy Camila Johns), a young, self-assured Brooklyn woman who juggles three boyfriends -- the polite and well-meaning Jamie Overstreet (Tommy Redmond Hicks), the self-obsessed male model Greer Childs (John Canada Terrell), and the comical bicycle messenger Mars Blackmon (Spike Lee). Nola doesn't want to commit to any of her boyfriends, cherishing her personal freedom. But as their relationships with Nola grow, each man wants her for himself. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 85 mins
Complete Cast:
- Tracy Camilla Johns - Nola Darling
- John Canada Terrell - Greer Childs
- Raye Dowell - Opal Gilstrap
- Bill Lee - Sonny Darling
- Kathy Banks - Receptionist
- Scott Sillers - Dog 11
- Geoffrey Garfield - Dog 12
- Freddy "Five Fab" Braithwaite
- Ernest R. Dickerson - Dog 8
- Eric Payne - Dog 5
- Marcus Turner - Dog 6
- Renata Cobbs - Shawn
- Erik Dellums - Dog 3
- Reginald Hudlin - Dog 4
- Tommy Redmond Hicks - Jamie Overstreet
- Spike Lee - Mars Blackman
- Joie Lee - Clorinda Bradford
- Epatha Merkinson - Dr. Jamison
- Steve Nicks - Soundman
- Lewis Jordan - Dog 2
- Gerard Brown - Dog 7
- Monty Ross - Dog 1
- Cheryl Singleton - Toby
- Eric Wilkins - Dog 9
- Cheryl Burr - Ava
- Stephanie Covington - Keva
- Aaron Dugger - Noble
- Pamm Jackson - Female Walk-On
- Director(s):
- Spike Lee
- Writer(s):
- Spike Lee
- Producer(s):
- Spike Lee, Shelton J. Lee
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Adult Language, Questionable for Children, Adult Situations, Nudity, Strong Sexual Content)
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- 1986 - She's Gotta Have It - Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Feature
- 1985 - She's Gotta Have It - Los Angeles Film Critics Association - New Generation Award
