Benjamin Bratt
Miguel Piñero
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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.
- (1.4K)
- Biography, Drama
- Leon Ichaso
- 2002-04-12
Piñero is a 2001 American biopic about the troubled life of Nuyorican poet and playwright Miguel Piñero, starring Benjamin Bratt as the title character. 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 theatrical release in the ...
Dec 13, 2001 · Piñero became a hero to many in both the theatrical and Latino worlds. But the resulting notoriety and fame was too much for the Latino bad-boy genius who died a premature death in 1988. His ...
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- Leon Ichaso
- R
- Benjamin Bratt
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
Oct 5, 2001 · 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.
Hot-head Miguel Piñero, son of wealthy Puerto Rican immigrants in New York, is still drawn to drugs and petty crime and ends up in jail. A play he wrote in Sing Sing, 'Short Eyes,' in an innovating style, swift and sharp, yet rhythmic, is his way to fame. Still he never conforms to or fits into US society, which he criticizes in 'revolutionary ...
Released , 'Piñero' stars Benjamin Bratt, Giancarlo Esposito, Talisa Soto, Nelson Vasquez The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 43 min, and received a user score of 63 (out of 100) on TMDb, which ...
