After her husband is arrested for looting, Lisette struggles for independence while dealing with her transgender sibling, her critical mother-in-law and assorted neighborhood eccentrics.
Acting
Luna Lauren Vélez carries every scene with raw, hungry charisma.
Direction
Darnell Martin: first Black woman to direct a studio film. Period.
Costume
Lisette's transformation wardrobe is a character itself.
Director
Darnell Martin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot on location in the South Bronx during the early '90s, capturing a specific pre-gentrification Puerto Rican community rarely seen in studio films.
Darnell Martin wrote this while working as a receptionist at a film company; Columbia Pictures' Black filmmaking initiative got it made, then barely marketed it.
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