 Most of this film was shot only on digital (Mini DV) camcorders, the  kind you can buy at any electronics store. While this sacrificed  quality, it allowed them to shoot with 15 cameras at a time, and it  also allowed Spike Lee (qv) to get all the footage he needed shot  within the films modest budget. The only scenes shot on film were  the "Mantan: The New Millennium Minstrel Show" sequences, which were  shot on 16mm film.