Movie Description

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.

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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