Ray Barretto

Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York (2021)

When the film West Side Story was released in 1961, New York's reviled Puerto Rican community gained some visibility and, over time, both in Spanish Harlem and the Bronx, neighborhoods plagued by poverty, drugs and crime, Hispanic identity was reborn and s ...

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)

During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and promoting Black pride and unity. The footage from the festival sat in a basement, unseen for over 50 years, ...

From Mambo to Hip Hop (2007)

Through interviews and performance clips, filmmaker Henry Chalfant explores the history of music in the South Bronx, from the Puerto Rican and Cuban influences that created the local salsa sound to the rise of hip-hop after fires destroyed the area. Artist ...

Legends of Jazz con Ramsey Lewis Volume 3 (2006)

Las caras lindas de Tite Curet (2002)

Documents the life and musical production of Puerto Rican music composer, Tite Curet Alonso. Includes Tite Curet's last interview before his death. ...

Money (1991)

A young man whose father's fortune was stolen by his closest friends sets out to get revenge in this odyssey through the world's major financial centers. ...

A Walking Tour of Sesame Street (1979)

Sesame Street celebrated its 10th anniversary in the spring of 1979 with a half-hour PBS special hosted by James Earl Jones titled A Walking Tour of Sesame Street. The special aired on individual PBS stations at various times between March and May 1979. ...

Beats of the Heart: Salsa (1979)

'Salsa' captures a unique moment in time for this most exuberant and socially dynamic music. ...

Salsa (1976)

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. ...

Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa) (1972)

Leon Gast's musical documentary reveals New York City's Latin culture and features live performances of salsa greats The Fania All Stars and The Spanish Speaking People of New York. A document of urban American Hispanic culture, Gast's film captures the rh ...

Pogreso (2005)

Documentary that poses a profound and critical look at Puerto Rico. Has the progress that was promised with the Commonwealth been fullfilled or accomplished? ...