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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 · 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.
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]
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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.
"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...
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A brief lifetime of 41 years (Piñero was born December 1946, died June 1988) delivered in a most artistic, poetic, and musical way with the right mix and pacing - almost too fast as Piñero himself disappeared as life ends.
Piñero (PINERO) Trailer. Drama. Biográfica / Historia real del poeta latino de Nueva York Miguel Piñero. Reparto: Benjamin Bratt, Giancarlo Esposito, Rita Moreno, Mandy Patinkin, Tara Wilson ...
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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.
