Piñero (Pinero)
- Original title
- Piñero (Pinero)
- Year
- 2001
- Running time
- 100 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Benjamin Bratt
- Giancarlo Esposito
- Rita Moreno
- Mandy Patinkin
- Tara Wilson
- Talisa Soto
- Michael Wright
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- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Biography
- Synopsis
- "Piñero" tells the story of the explosive life of a Latino icon, the 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.
- Awards
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2002: Berlín Film Festival: C.I.C.A.E. Award - Panorama2001: Montreal Film Festival: Nominated for Best Film2001: National Board of Review: Special Recognition (For excellence in filmmaking.)
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