40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks

































40 Acres And A Mule
Founded 1978
Founder Spike Lee
Headquarters South Elliott Place, Fort Greene, Brooklyn, New York, New York, U.S.
Area served
 Worldwide
Services
Film production, television production
Website www.40acres.com

40 Acres And A Mule is the production company of Spike Lee.[1][2]


The company is named after a famous episode of the early Reconstruction period. In 1865, General Sherman issued "Special Field Order 15", which ordered the distribution of lots of 40 acres (160,000 m2) to some freed black families on the Georgia coast, and also distributed some surplus army mules. After Abraham Lincoln was killed, Andrew Johnson revoked it, took the land away from the freed slaves, and returned it to the previous owners.[3]


After the success of films Do the Right Thing and Malcolm X, Lee expanded the 40 Acres And A Mule brand by opening clothing stores with merchandise that bore the 40 Acres And A Mule emblem. Lee has also done several collaborations with Nike, Eckō Unltd. and Brooklyn Denim.


40 Acres And A Mule also has an advertising division with DDB called Spike DDB located in New York City, New York. They have done Super Bowl, Nike and Lay's commercial spots. They have produced commercials and music videos in addition to Spike Lee's films.


In 2004, 40 Acres And A Mule moved all of its operations to New York City with headquarters in Brooklyn. 40 Acres and a Mule's headquarters is located on South Elliott Place in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn.




Contents






  • 1 Awards and honours


  • 2 Filmography


    • 2.1 Television




  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





Awards and honours


  • 2010 - Peabody Award for If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don't Rise[4]


Filmography


Main article: Spike Lee filmography



  • She's Gotta Have It (1986)


  • School Daze (1988)


  • Do the Right Thing (1989)


  • Mo' Better Blues (1990)


  • Jungle Fever (1991)


  • Malcolm X (1992)


  • Crooklyn (1994)


  • Clockers (1995)


  • New Jersey Drive (1995)


  • Tales from the Hood (1995)


  • Girl 6 (1996)


  • Get on the Bus (1996)


  • He Got Game (1998)


  • Summer of Sam (1999)


  • The Best Man (1999)


  • The Original Kings of Comedy (2000)


  • Bamboozled (2000)


  • Love & Basketball (2000)


  • 3 A.M. (2001)


  • 25th Hour (2002)


  • Good Fences (2003)


  • She Hate Me (2004)


  • Inside Man (2006)


  • Miracle at St. Anna (2008)


  • Red Hook Summer (2012)


  • Oldboy (2013)


  • Da Sweet Blood of Jesus (2015)


  • Chi-Raq (2015)


  • BlacKkKlansman (2018)


  • Tales from the Hood 2 (2018)



Television




  • A Huey P. Newton Story (2001)


  • When the Levees Broke (2006)


  • Kobe Doin' Work (2009)


  • If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise (2010)


  • She's Gotta Have It (2017)



References





  1. ^ Schartoff, Adam (August 10, 2012). "Get Out: Red Hook Summer Opens Today". The New York Times..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Williams, Zelena (February 28, 2014). "Spike Lee Rants About Gentrification In Brooklyn". Uptown Magazine.


  3. ^ Staples, Brent (July 21, 1997). "Forty Acres and a Mule". The New York Times.


  4. ^ 70th Annual Peabody Awards, May 2011.




External links



  • Official website


  • 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks on IMDbPro (subscription required)











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