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... Chapter 1 takes as its point of departure the film Our Latin Thing, a musical documentary of the legendary Fania-All Stars 1971 concert at New York’s Cheetah Lounge. With a vision that extended beyond salsa to “the culture that was behind the music,” first-time director Leon Gast intermingled...

...Anatomy of a Salsa Boom, 1964–1979 Chapter 1 takes as its point of departure the film Our Latin Thing, a musical documentary of the legendary Fania-All Stars 1971 concert at New York’s Cheetah Lounge. With a vision that extended beyond salsa to “the culture that was behind the music,” first...