Girl 6

Girl 6 (1996) is a drama-comedy you can watch online on iFILM, written and directed by Spike Lee with Theresa Randle in the lead role. The cast includes Isaiah Washington, Jennifer Lewis, Debi Mazar, Naomi Campbell, and Lee himself in a supporting part. Shot in New York, 108 minutes.

An aspiring Black actress keeps hitting walls in the film industry — wrong look, wrong audition, wrong decade. Out of money and out of options, she takes a job as a phone sex operator. She's number six on the roster, no name required. But her voice pulls people back, the calls multiply, and the line between the characters she plays and herself starts to blur.

Lee isn't interested in easy judgments about the work she does. The film runs on a Prince-heavy soundtrack that keeps it from feeling heavy-handed, and Randle holds the center with real nuance. An underrated Spike Lee entry about identity, performance, and what women are asked to be. Watch Girl 6 (1996) online on iFILM.