Pinero

Benjamin Bratt delivers a masterfully vivid portrayal of the startlingly original Latino icon, poet-playwright-actor Miguel Pinero! After doing hard time in prison for drug dealing and petty theft, Pinero turned his prison experiences into the award winning play Short Eyes. Then, as a founder of the famed Nuyorican Poets café on Manhattan's Lower East Side, Pinero crafted an influential style of rhythmic urban poetry that is widely recognized as a precursor to rap and hip-hop.Benjamin Bratt delivers a masterfully vivid portrayal of the startlingly original Latino icon, poet-playwright-actor Miguel Pinero! After doing hard time in prison for drug dealing and petty theft, Pinero turned his prison exp... Read more