Pinero

IMDb link: 0261066
IMDb rating: 6.2 (1,461 votes)
Genres: Drama, Biography
Director: Benjamin Bratt, Giancarlo Esposito, Leon Ichaso
Cast: Talisa Soto, Nelson Vasquez and others

Release date: 12 Apr 2002
Release year: 2001
Runtime: 103 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: delicatessen, character name as title, middle pinero character, one word title, surname as title, reference to robert de niro, bisexual character, gay character, fame, year 1968

Plot:

"Pinero" tells the story of the explosive life of a Latino icon, the poet-playwright-actor Miguel Pinero, whose urban poetry is recognized as a pre-cursor to rap and hip-hop. After he served time in hard-core Sing-Sing for petty thefts and drug dealing, Pinero'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.

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