Piñero (2001)
Overview
"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.
Cast
Benjamin Bratt
Miguel Piñero
Giancarlo Esposito
Miguel Algarin
Talisa Soto
Sugar
Nelson Vasquez
Tito Goya
Panchito Gómez
Acting Inmate
Michael Wright
Edgar Bowser
Michael Irby
Reinaldo Povod
Rita Moreno
Miguel's Mother
Jaime Sánchez
Miguel's Father
Mandy Patinkin
Joseph Papp
Oscar A. Colon
Bodega Man
Robert Klein
Doctor
Gilbert Callazo
Miguel, as teen
Samuel Bruce Campbell
Short Eyes Cop
Lorraine Velez
Tutu
