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Summary

"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.

Details

Release Date: October 5, 2001

Runtime: 103 minutes

Genres: Drama

Rating: 6.2/10 (10 votes)


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Cast

  • Benjamin Bratt

    Benjamin Bratt

    Miguel Piñero

  • Giancarlo Esposito

    Giancarlo Esposito

    Miguel Algarin

  • Talisa Soto

    Talisa Soto

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  • Nelson Vasquez

    Nelson Vasquez

    Tito Goya

  • Panchito Gómez

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    Acting Inmate

  • Michael Wright

    Michael Wright

    Edgar Bowser

  • Michael Irby

    Michael Irby

    Reinaldo Povod

  • Rita Moreno

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    Miguel's Mother

  • Jaime Sánchez

    Jaime Sánchez

    Miguel's Father

  • Mandy Patinkin

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    Joseph Papp

  • Oscar A. Colon

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  • Miriam Cruz

    Miriam Cruz

    Bodega Woman

  • Robert Klein

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    Doctor

  • Gilbert Callazo

    Gilbert Callazo

    Miguel, as teen

  • Samuel Bruce Campbell

    Samuel Bruce Campbell

    Short Eyes Cop

  • Lorraine Velez

    Lorraine Velez

    Tutu

  • Michael Philip Del Rio

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