Piñero (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. The resulting notoriety and fame was too much for the Latino bad-boy genius who retreated to the darker corners of New York City.

Featured Cast

Benjamin Bratt

Miguel Piñero

Giancarlo Esposito

Miguel Algarin

Talisa Soto

Sugar

Nelson Vasquez

Tito Goya

Panchito Gómez

Acting Inmate

Michael Wright

Edgar Bowser