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Miguel Piñero (December 19, 1946 – June 16, 1988) was a Puerto Rican born American playwright, actor and co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Café. He was a leading member of the Nuyorican literary movement .
Apr 12, 2002 · Piñero: Directed by Leon Ichaso. With Benjamin Bratt, Giancarlo Esposito, Talisa Soto, Nelson Vasquez. Miguel Pinero's creative and turbulent life was cut short at age 40: a Tony Award nominee who did time at Sing-Sing, a volatile urban poet whose work is recognized as a precursor to rap and hip-hop, and a writer of hit TV shows.
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- Biography, Drama
- Leon Ichaso
- 2002-04-12
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Synopsis. "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.
- Leon Ichaso
- 100 min
- 16
Dec 13, 2001 · "Piñero" tells the story of the turbulent and creative life of a Latino icon, the poet-playwright-actor Miguel Piñero (Benjamin Bratt), whose urban poetry is recognized as a precursor to rap and ...
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- Benjamin Bratt
Language. English. Piñero is a 2001 American biopic about the troubled life of Nuyorican poet and playwright Miguel Piñero, starring Benjamin Bratt as the title character. [1] It was written and directed by the Cuban filmmaker, Leon Ichaso, [1] premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival on August 31, 2001, and then received a limited ...
Miguel Piñero was a playwright, actor, and cofounder of the Nuyorican Poets Café with Miguel Algarín, Pedro Pietri, and others. Born in Gurabo, Puerto Rico, he and his family moved to the Lower East Side of Manhattan when he was four. He father later abandoned the family, leaving Piñero to steal…
Summaries. Miguel Pinero's creative and turbulent life was cut short at age 40: a Tony Award nominee who did time at Sing-Sing, a volatile urban poet whose work is recognized as a precursor to rap and hip-hop, and a writer of hit TV shows. "Piñero" tells the story of the explosive life of a Latino icon, the poet-playwright-actor Miguel Piñero ...
