

"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.
Director
Leon Ichaso
Writers
Leon Ichaso
Release Date
October 5, 2001
Runtime
1h 43m
Status
Released
Original Language
en
Vote Count
11
Burnside Entertainment
Lower East Side Films
GreeneStreet Films