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About
"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.
Theatrical
Oct 5, 2001
DVD / Blu-ray
Jul 16, 2002
Director
Producers
Studio
Burnside Entertainment, Lower East Side Films, GreeneStreet Films
Cast
Full credits →B
Benjamin Bratt
Miguel Piñero
G
Giancarlo Esposito
Miguel Algarin
T
Talisa Soto
Sugar
N
Nelson Vasquez
Tito Goya
P
Panchito Gómez
Acting Inmate
M
Michael Wright
Edgar Bowser
M
Michael Irby
Reinaldo Povod
R
Rita Moreno
Miguel's Mother
J
Jaime Sánchez
Miguel's Father
R
Rome Neal
Jake
M
Mandy Patinkin
Joseph Papp
O
Oscar A. Colon
Bodega Man
M
Miriam Cruz
Bodega Woman
L
Luis Caballero
Shooting Gallery Man
R
Robert Klein
Doctor
S
Samuel Bruce Campbell
Short Eyes Cop
L
Lorraine Velez
Tutu
M
Michael Philip Del Rio
Angry Father (scenes deleted)
J
John Ortiz
Gang Member
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