Piñero backdrop
Piñero poster
Trailer
Piñero
6.2
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1h 43m
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2001
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Released
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.

Cast
Benjamin Bratt poster
Benjamin Bratt
Miguel Piñero
Giancarlo Esposito poster
Giancarlo Esposito
Miguel Algarin
Talisa Soto poster
Talisa Soto
Sugar
Nelson Vasquez poster
Nelson Vasquez
Tito Goya
Panchito Gómez poster
Panchito Gómez
Acting Inmate
Michael Wright poster
Michael Wright
Edgar Bowser
Michael Irby poster
Michael Irby
Reinaldo Povod
Rita Moreno poster
Rita Moreno
Miguel's Mother
Jaime Sánchez poster
Jaime Sánchez
Miguel's Father
Rome Neal poster
Rome Neal
Jake
Mandy Patinkin poster
Mandy Patinkin
Joseph Papp
Oscar A. Colon poster
Oscar A. Colon
Bodega Man
Miriam Cruz poster
Miriam Cruz
Bodega Woman
Luis Caballero poster
Luis Caballero
Shooting Gallery Man
Sophia Domoulin poster
Sophia Domoulin
Shooting Gallery Woman
Robert Klein poster
Robert Klein
Doctor
Gilbert Callazo poster
Gilbert Callazo
Miguel, as teen
Samuel Bruce Campbell poster
Samuel Bruce Campbell
Short Eyes Cop
Lorraine Velez poster
Lorraine Velez
Tutu

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