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A good demonstration of how it started--cane-cutters/rollers on a Saturday night doing a courtship dance, ala Cubana:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oqc1bAwMsrU
What it became: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csylf26g-dQ << a seriously sexual black-and-white night--hot stuff when this film was released
Then there's this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11qPpZAZ ... creen&NR=1
Why "Our Crowd" went to Havana in the '40's and '50's: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ10tn43 ... plpp_video << Of course there's always one sad fool--wouldn't be a proper morality play without him

JFF: This early filming by sort-of homeboy, set to modern masters--nice job of work:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uet_l40l1N4 << Very short clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ7I-zaH0o0 << 3 minutes of jazz mambo heaven >> Think women boxing or break dancing are new concepts? Look closely here.

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