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Piñero

"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.

Credits

Piñero Cast

Name Character
Giancarlo Esposito He was 42, now 65 years old as Miguel Algarin
Benjamin Bratt He was 37, now 60 years old as Miguel Piñero
Talisa Soto She was 33, now 57 years old as Sugar
Nelson Vasquez as Tito Goya

Piñero Crew

Name Department
Ines Mongil-Echandi as Production Manager. Production
Leon Ichaso as Director. He was 52 (now 75) years old Directing
Leon Ichaso as Writer. He was 52 (now 75) years old Writing
Piñero poster
Piñero (23 years)

  • Release day: Monday, January 01, 2001
  • Runtime: 103 minutes