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Piñero (2001)

★ 6.1/10 103 min Drama United States English
Director: Leon Ichaso
Writer: Leon Ichaso
Streaming: Not available

Description

"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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Top Cast

Benjamin Bratt
Benjamin Bratt Miguel Piñero
Giancarlo Esposito
Giancarlo Esposito Miguel Algarin
Talisa Soto
Talisa Soto Sugar
Nelson Vasquez
Nelson Vasquez Tito Goya
Panchito Gómez
Panchito Gómez Acting Inmate
Michael Wright
Michael Wright Edgar Bowser
Michael Irby
Michael Irby Reinaldo Povod
Rita Moreno
Rita Moreno Miguel's Mother

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