Piñero (2001)
R 12 Apr 2002 • Biography, Drama • 1h 43m
"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.
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Language:
English
Awards:
6 wins & 4 nominations
Country:
United States
Metacritic Score:
40
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Box Office Total:
$275,171