Piñero (2001)

1h 43m · 5 Oct 2001

Drama

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"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.

Movie ID	64569
Genre	Drama
Director	Leon Ichaso
Main cast	Benjamin Bratt, Giancarlo Esposito, Talisa Soto, Nelson Vasquez, Panchito Gómez, Michael Wright, Michael Irby, Rita Moreno
Release date	5 October 2001
Release year	2001
Language	Spanish
Duration	103 min (1h 43m)
Rating	6.1 / 10 (TMDB)
Production house	Burnside Entertainment