Piñero

movie

"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 & crew

Benjamin Bratt · Giancarlo Esposito · Jaime Sánchez · Michael Irby · Michael Wright · Nelson Vasquez · Panchito Gómez · Rita Moreno · Rome Neal · Talisa Soto · Leon Ichaso

Studios & networks

Burnside Entertainment · GreeneStreet Films · Lower East Side Films