Event Film and Video Screenings "I Like it Like That" (Columbia, 1994 – Rated R*)

The year-long Contemporary Women Directors series at the Packard Campus Theater continues with this comedy drama about the trials and tribulations of a young Puerto Rican couple: Lisette Linares, a young mother of three, married to Chino, a bicycle messenger, who live in the poverty-stricken New York City neighborhood of the South Bronx. Written and directed by Darnell Martin making her feature film debut, “I Like it Like That” was nominated for four Independent Spirit Awards: Best First Feature, Best Female Lead (Luna Lauren Velez), Best Male Lead (Jon Seda) and Best Cinematography (Alexander Gruszynski), and Martin won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best New Director. Darnell Martin apprenticed as an assistant camera operator on Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing" (1989) and soon began directing commercials, music videos and short films. She works as a director both for theatrical features, such as the musical drama "Cadillac Records" (2008), and for television productions, having directing several episodes of shows like "ER" (NBC, 1994-2009), "Oz" (HBO, 1997-2003) and "Sleepy Hollow"

(Fox, 2013-). 35mm archival film print. 104 min. *No one under the age of 17 will be admitted without a parent or guardian.

Seating at the screenings is on a first-come, first-served basis unless otherwise noted. Short films may be shown before some features.

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