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Strut Records, in association with Fania, are proud to announce the 40th Anniversary Edition of the landmark feature film that captured New York’s legendary early ‘70s Latin music scene at its zenith, "Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa)".
Filmed around a live all-star concert by the Fania All-Stars at one of promoter Ralph Mercado’s fantastically popular Thursday night jams at the Cheetah, the film transports the viewer right back to a heady night on August 26, 1971.
At the time, there had been little documentation of the burgeoning salsa scene in New York, despite its massive popularity. Video was still crude and film was expensive to shoot. However, Fania founder Jerry Masucci had a vision of taking New York Latin music from the barrio to the world, and put the money up to make the movie.
The result is pure dynamite. The salsa of the early ‘70s had it all - Africa, the Caribbean, the Spanish language, the technical skills of jazz, the kinetic push and pull of great dance music, brilliant improvisations by both singers and drummers, and, most importantly, a community right behind it – mostly, but not entirely, Puerto Rican.
