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Piñero

Piñero

(2001)

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.

Featured Crew

  1. Director : Leon Ichaso
  2. Producer : John Penotti,Fisher Stevens,Tim Williams
  3. Writer : Leon Ichaso
  4. Editor : David Tedeschi
  5. Cast : Benjamin Bratt,Giancarlo Esposito,Talisa Soto,Nelson Vasquez,Panchito Gómez,Michael Wright,Michael Irby,Rita Moreno,Jaime Sánchez,Rome Neal,Mandy Patinkin,Oscar A. Colon,Miriam Cruz,Luis Caballero,Sophia Domoulin,Robert Klein,Gilbert Callazo,Samuel Bruce Campbell,Lorraine Velez

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Original TitlePiñero

Status Released

Release Information

  • 2001-10-05

Original LanguageEnglish

Runtime 01h 43m

Production CompaniesBurnside Entertainment,Lower East Side Films,GreeneStreet Films

Genres

  • Drama

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