40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, sometimes shortened to 40 Acres, is an American production company founded by filmmakers Spike Lee and Monty Ross in 1979. It has produced all of Lee's films.
History
The company's name is a reference to forty acres and a mule, a section of military orders during the American Civil War which stated that certain recently emancipated black families on the Georgia coast were to be given some surplus army mules and lots of land no larger than 40 acre.[1] The company's logo contains a circle with the icon "40a" and it has occasionally used a parody of/homage to the Mark VII Limited logo.
The company has produced all of Lee's films, starting in 1986 with She's Gotta Have It.[2][3][4]