Bet You Didn’t Know: Secrets Behind The Making Of She’s Gotta Have It 30 Years Later
It Was a First For Spike Lee
She’s Gotta Have It was Lee’s first feature-length film as a writer and director. Before making it, Lee had created the independent film Joe’s Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads. It was the first film by a student to be presented in the New Directors/New Films Festival at Lincoln Center.