The Latin Explosion: A New America
Directed by Jon Alpert, Matthew O'Neill7.17.9
Explores the impact of Latino music on United States culture. The documentary traces the roots of Hispanic contributions to American music starting from Pérez Prado, Xavier Cugat, the Afro-Cubans and Tito Puente. It places particular importance on the contributions of Desi Arnaz, Rita Moreno and José Feliciano. Over fifteen Hispanic musicians, apart from Feliciano and Moreno, including Marc Anthony, Pitbull, Gloria Estefan, Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin, Shakira and Romeo Santos are interviewed about their careers, impact and influences including the Fania All-Stars. Comedians and actors Cheech Marin, Eva Longoria also discuss their experiences and the impact of Hispanic Americans beyond music.
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The Latin Explosion: A New America was released on November 16, 2015.
The Latin Explosion: A New America was directed by Jon Alpert, Matthew O'Neill.
The Latin Explosion: A New America has a runtime of 64 min.
The Latin Explosion: A New America was produced by Jon Alpert, Jeb Brien, Xochitl Dorsey, Matthew O'Neill.
The key characters in The Latin Explosion: A New America are Self - Narrator (John Leguizamo), Self (Sofía Vergara), Self (Gloria Estefan).
The Latin Explosion: A New America is rated TV-PG.
The Latin Explosion: A New America is a Documentary, Music film.
The Latin Explosion: A New America has an audience rating of 7.1 out of 10.