Which movie was director Spike Lee's first feature film?

The first feature-length film directed by the American film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and professor Spike Lee (b. 1957) was "She's Gotta Have It" (1986). The film, an American black-and-white comedy-drama, besides being directed by Lee, was also written, produced, and edited by him. Filmed on a small budget, this is a movie that earned positive reviews and launched Lee's professional career in the film industry. Lee was able to create the production company, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, which has produced more than 35 films since 1983.

"She's Gotta Have It" stars Tracy Camilla Johns, Tommy Redmond Hicks, John Canada Terrell and Lee himself in a supporting role. Additionally, cinematographer Ernest Dickerson appears as a Queens, New York resident and S. Epatha Merkerson in an early appearance is Dr. Jamison. The film's plot concerns a young woman (Nola Darling, played by Johns). Nola is seeing three men; she is trying to understand her personal feelings that have been provoked because of her liberated dating lifestyle and sensual actions with each of the three men.

This film was made on a budget of $175,000 US dollars. it ultimately grossed $7,137,503 in the United States. In 2019, the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry of the United States by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".