44,000 people lost their minds at Yankee Stadium and nobody was playing baseball.
The Fania All Stars perform for 44,000 fans at Yankee stadium in New York. Besides concert footage, there's also included a history of Salsa, and vintage film clips of Hollywood's portrayal of Latinos in movies during the 1930's and 40's.
Direction
Leon Gast captures raw communal ecstasy before smartphones ruined concerts.
Sound
The Fania All-Stars at peak powers—this is salsa's Woodstock.
Editing
Jarring cuts between joyous concert and cringeworthy vintage Hollywood racism.
Director
Leon Gast
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 1976 concert helped cement salsa as a global phenomenon, not just 'ethnic' music.
Geraldo Rivera appears as himself—yes, that Geraldo—reporting on the event before he became tabloid television.
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