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Piñero (2001)

"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.

Released Oct. 5, 2001 103 min 18+

Genres: Biography, Drama

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Production Companies: Burnside Entertainment, Lower East Side Films, GreeneStreet Films

Country: United States
Production Country: United States
Languages: English, Spanish

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Runtime: 103 min.
Released: Oct. 5, 2001
Status: Released
Certification: NR / 18+

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