I Like It Like That

With Darnell Martin in person 

Dir. Darnell Martin. 1994, 104 mins. 35mm. With Luna Lauren Vélez, Rita Moreno, Lisa Vidal, Jon Seda, Jesse Borrego, Griffin Dunne, Fat Joe. Pulsing with the rhythm of the Bronx, I Like It Like That made Darnell Martin the first African American woman to direct a studio-produced film. This remarkable romantic comedy mixes tragedy with slick humor, following Jamaican–Puerto Rican wife and mother Lisette Linares (Vélez) who must raise the funds to bail out her husband, Chino (Seda), after he foolishly loots a stereo during a blackout. As Chino’s mother (Moreno) schemes a way to bail out her son herself, Lisette finds work as a model then as an assistant. With newfound independence and after discovering Chino’s infidelity, Lisette questions their flawed marriage. Selection of the 1994 Cannes Film Festival.

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