Our Latin Thing

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Our Latin Thing
Directed byLeon Gast
Produced byLarry Harlow
Jerry Masucci
CinematographyTed Churchill
Steven Harris
Thomas Reichman
Burleigh Wartes
Music byThe Fania All-Stars, under the musical direction of Johnny Pacheco
Production
company
Distributed byA&R Film Distributors
Release date
  • 1972 (1972)

Our Latin Thing (Spanish: Nuestra Cosa Latina) was a 1972 documentary film directed by Leon Gast about the burgeoning Latin music scene in New York City.[1] It focused on a concert put together by the management of Fania Records at Manhattan's Cheetah nightclub featuring a group of Fania artists called the Fania All-Stars. The film was distributed by A&R Film Distributors[2] headed by Alex Masucci, Fania Records founder Jerry Masucci's younger brother and subsequent Fania Records Vice President,[3] and Ray Aviles.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Slater, Russ (29 November 2011). "It was our thing, Our Latin Thing: An Interview with Leon Gast". Sounds and Colours. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Our Latin Thing (1972) - IMDb". IMDb.
  3. ^ Gurza, Agustin (26 May 2001). "A Sea Change?". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 7 April 2017.

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