Movie Details
On DVD & Blu-ray:July 16th, 2002
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Original Language:English
Production Companies:Burnside Entertainment Lower East Side Films GreeneStreet Films
Piñero
Audience Score
1 hr 43 minDrama
Plot
Piñero tells the story of the explosive life of a Latino icon the gay poetplaywrightactor Miguel Piñero whose urban poetry is recognized as a precursor to rap and hiphop After doing time in hardcore SingSing for petty thefts and drug dealing Piñeros prison experiences developed into the 1974 Tonynominated play Short Eyes The resulting notoriety and fame was too much for the Latino badboy genius who retreated to the darker corners of New York City
