Piñero

Name: Piñero
Genre: Drama
Released: 2001
Duration: 1 h 43 min
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Benjamin Bratt, Giancarlo Esposito, Talisa Soto, Nelson Vasquez, Panchito Gómez

Movie 2001-10-05 1h 43m Drama

★ 6.1 / 10 · 12 votes

"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.

Status

Released

Studios

Burnside Entertainment, Lower East Side Films, GreeneStreet Films

Country

United States of America

Languages

Spanish, English

Director

Leon Ichaso

Cast