Acting

Mongo Santamaría

1917 · Havana, Cuba

3 films

Bio

Ramón 'Mongo' Santamaría Rodríguez was a Cuban percussionist and bandleader who spent most of his career in the United States. Primarily a conga drummer, he was a leading figure in the pachanga and boogaloo dance crazes of the 1960s.

Filmography

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

Self - Performer (archive footage)

Salsa

Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York

Self (archive footage)

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