Our Latin Thing Analysis

Nuestra Cosa Latina (Our Latin Thing) is a musical documentary revealing the exciting lifestyle of New York Latinos during the decade of the 1970s. It was filmed at a concert of the Fania All-stars at Club Cheetah and throughout New York City. Our Latin Thing is about the urban Hispanic experience - NYC style. Unfortunately, it reveals the Latin life in N.Y.C., from the illegal cockfights, to a Santeria ritual, and the everyday rhythms of El Barrio, it erratically goes into the community where the city sanitation sweepers seem never to have visited. Some of this material is interesting, much is cost-free, and all of it seems dedicated to solving the problem of how to ease the deadliness involved in photographing a musical performance. It happens to portray as a time capsule that captures a moment in NYC’s Latin music scene; with the artists and musicians expressing the wants, dreams, and visions about their craft, as well as unforgettable performances.
The first few images wavering on the screen at the premiere of Our Latin Thing in New York's luminously articulated the movie's mood. From a Harlem rooftop, a Hispanic boy (from how he presents himself in the video) watches the street below. Conga beats roar like distant thunder. Racing down to street level,

Which is the theme to the film “Our Latin Thing”. From what I understood, the song is saying “Cocinando suave. Puchunga cocinando” meaning “Cook some food, nice and easy my girl cook some food.” There were multiple instruments shown to express the music of the Latin America, but the three most visible, used instruments to express the flavor were the congas, trumpet and piano. Another instrument that I was familiar with were the Timbales. Watching the video as a whole give me a better understanding as to what changes was made to the Latin Music. From the amount of members and what they played to the little kids that lookup to