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Latin Music And Los Angeles' Exchange Explored In The Massive 'Pacific Standard Time'

A massive cultural exhibit illustrates the connection between Southern California and Latin America in ways that are not so obvious.
Brazilian composer Joāo Donato rehearses an orchestra in a Los Angeles recording studio in the 1960's.

As we have shown in so many previous episodes of Alt.Latino, the cultural interchange between the U.S., Latin America and the Caribbean has been going on practically since there were people in these parts of the world.

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