Desc: Our Latin Thing: Directed by Leon Gast. With Ray Barretto, Willie Colón, Larry Harlow, Johnny Pacheco. Chronicle of the birth of Salsa at a concert August 26, 1971 at The Cheetah Club in Midtown Manhattan. The Fania record label gathered it's finest musicians for one night and dubbed them The Fania All-Stars, the cream of New York's latin scene.