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40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks

CTL-I-0179 · Institution

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Combined Graph record U-03127 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-I-0179. Master record source: User-supplied article 2026-10-16 (UrbanGeekz) — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

Spike Lee's production company

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Spike Lee's production company

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BFI programme notes (tier 3): 'After graduation, he founded 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, based in Brooklyn' (Spike Lee) — institution_type production company and stored note 'Spike Lee's production company' confirmed. UrbanGeekz seed article independently states the success of She's Gotta Have It 'allowed Lee to establish his own production company, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks'.

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