Piñero (2001)

  • NR
  • 12/13/2001 (US)
  • Drama
  • 1h 43m

Overview

"Piñero" tells the story of the explosive life of a Latino icon, the gay poet-playwright-actor Miguel Piñero, whose urban poetry is recognized as a pre-cursor to rap and hip-hop. After doing time in hard-core Sing-Sing for petty thefts and drug dealing, Piñero's prison experiences developed into the 1974 Tony-nominated play Short Eyes. The resulting notoriety and fame was too much for the Latino bad-boy genius who retreated to the darker corners of New York City.

Leon Ichaso

Director, Writer

Cast

Benjamin Bratt's headshot

Benjamin Bratt

Miguel Piñero
Giancarlo Esposito's headshot

Giancarlo Esposito

Miguel Algarin
Talisa Soto's headshot

Talisa Soto

Sugar
Nelson Vasquez's headshot

Nelson Vasquez

Tito Goya
Panchito Gómez's headshot

Panchito Gómez

Acting Inmate
Michael Wright's headshot

Michael Wright

Edgar Bowser
Michael Irby's headshot

Michael Irby

Reinaldo Povod
Rita Moreno's headshot

Rita Moreno

Miguel's Mother

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