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Piñero

62 %|Oct 5, 2001|Drama

"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.

Featured Crew

Leon Ichaso
Director
Leon Ichaso
Writer
Ines Mongil-Echandi
Production Manager
Claudio Chea
Director of Photography
Kathy DeMarco
Co-Executive Producer
Lisa Rhoden
Associate Producer
Kip Hanrahan
Music
John Leguizamo
Co-Executive Producer

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Cast

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Benjamin Bratt
Miguel Piñero
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Giancarlo Esposito
Miguel Algarin
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Panchito Gómez
Acting Inmate
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Michael Wright
Edgar Bowser
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Michael Irby
Reinaldo Povod
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Rita Moreno
Miguel's Mother
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Jaime Sánchez
Miguel's Father
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Mandy Patinkin
Joseph Papp
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Oscar A. Colon
Bodega Man
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Miriam Cruz
Bodega Woman
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Luis Caballero
Shooting Gallery Man
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Sophia Domoulin
Shooting Gallery Woman
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Gilbert Callazo
Miguel, as teen
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Samuel Bruce Campbell
Short Eyes Cop