Piñero

"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.

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

103 min

Cast:

Benjamin Bratt, Giancarlo Esposito, Talisa Soto

Quality:

HD

Director:

Leon Ichaso

Release:

2001

Country:

United States

Rating:

6.1