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She's Gotta Have It is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Spike Lee released in USA on 8 august 1986 with Tracy Camilla Johns
She's Gotta Have It (1986)
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Add to a movie listShe's Gotta Have It is a 1986 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Spike Lee. It is Lee's first feature-length film.
The film stars Tracy Camilla Johns, Tommy Redmond Hicks and John Canada Terrell. Also appearing are cinematographer Ernest Dickerson as a Queens resident and, in an early appearance, S. Epatha Merkerson as a doctor.
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Nola Darling (Tracy Camilla Johns) is a young, attractive, sexually independent Brooklynite who juggles three suitors: the polite and well-meaning Jamie Overstreet (Tommy Redmond Hicks); the self-obsessed model Greer Childs (John Canada Terrell); and the immature, motor-mouthed Mars Blackmon (Spike Lee). Nola is attracted to the best in each of them, but refuses to commit to any of them, cherishing her personal freedom instead, while each man wants her for himself.Actors
Tracy Camilla Johns
(Nola Darling)
Spike Lee
(Mars Blackmon)
Joie Lee
(Clorinda Bradford)
Bill Lee
(Sonny Darling)
Sharon Epatha Merkerson
(Doctor Jamison)
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