She’s Gotta Have It

"Spike Lee often dares to talk about sexuality here and there. This was the case in 'Chi-Raq' (2015) and in 'She’s Gotta Have It', the director's first feature film which, after many years, ended up becoming a Netflix series. In the story, we follow the loves, disappointments and heartbreaks of Nola, a woman who does not want to live just one love story and ends up relating to three men at the same time. Even today, 'She’s Gotta Have It' could still sound provocative. Imagine in 1986, when sexual liberation was taboo. Although with a weak script and some visual exaggerations, the film surprises with its visionary and provocative story, as well as putting the black woman without stereotypes, filters and other things of the kind. It is a raw movie, clearly of very low budget, but which has its historical importance and warns, from an early age, how Lee is an unusual filmmaker, perceiving topics and needs that arise ahead."