Our Latin Thing

{{Short description|1972 documentary film directed by Leon Gast}}

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| image = Our Latin Thing Nuestra Cosa film title.jpeg

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| director = Leon Gast

| producer = Larry Harlow
Jerry Masucci

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| music = The Fania All-Stars, under the musical direction of Johnny Pacheco

| cinematography = Ted Churchill
Steven Harris
Thomas Reichman
Burleigh Wartes

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| studio = Fania Records

| distributor = A&R Film Distributors

| released = {{Film date|1972}}

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Our Latin Thing ({{langx|es|Nuestra Cosa Latina}}) was a 1972 documentary film directed by Leon Gast about the burgeoning Latin music scene in New York City.{{cite web|last1=Slater|first1=Russ|title=It was our thing, Our Latin Thing: An Interview with Leon Gast|url=http://soundsandcolours.com/subjects/film/it-was-our-thing-our-latin-thing-an-interview-with-leon-gast-10838/|website=Sounds and Colours|accessdate=5 June 2016|date=29 November 2011}} 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{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0833608/companycredits?ref_=tt_dt_co|title = Our Latin Thing (1972) - IMDb|website = IMDb}} headed by Alex Masucci, Fania Records founder Jerry Masucci's younger brother and subsequent Fania Records Vice President,{{cite web|last1=Gurza|first1=Agustin|title=A Sea Change?|website=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-may-26-ca-2686-story.html|access-date=7 April 2017|date=26 May 2001}} and Ray Aviles.