Piñero

6.2

/10

1h 43m 18+Drama Biography

"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."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 pet... Read more

Starring Benjamin Bratt, Giancarlo Esposito, Talisa Soto, Nelson Vasquez, Panchito Gómez

Watch "Piñero" on Apple TV+ (itunes) released in 2001. It's a drama and biography movie, and has a rating of 6.2 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie, and is currently only available for purchase or rent.