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. Featuring music from Marc Anthony, Jerry Rivera and Barrio Boyzz, 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 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.
