Piñero

2001 | 103 minutes | 6.2 ★ (10)

Piñero
  • 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.

  • Release Date

    05 October 2001

  • DirectingLeon Ichaso
  • Budget

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  • Revenue

    $0.00

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