Piñero (Pinero)
2001 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
"Piñero" tells the story of the explosive life of a Latino icon, the 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.
Direction Leon Ichaso
Cast Benjamin Bratt · Giancarlo Esposito · Rita Moreno · Mandy Patinkin · Tara Wilson · Talisa Soto · Michael Wright
Screenplay Leon Ichaso
Cinematography Claudio Chea
Original title Piñero (Pinero)
6.8
39 votes (FilmAffinity)
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