

MovieDrama
Piñero
6.1(12)20011h 43m
"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.
- Director
- Leon Ichaso
- Created by
- Bradley Yonover
- Writers
- Leon Ichaso
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Cast

Benjamin Bratt
Miguel Piñero

Giancarlo Esposito
Miguel Algarin

Talisa Soto
Sugar

Nelson Vasquez
Tito Goya

Panchito Gómez
Acting Inmate

Michael Wright
Edgar Bowser

Michael Irby
Reinaldo Povod

Rita Moreno
Miguel's Mother

Jaime Sánchez
Miguel's Father
Rome Neal
Jake

Mandy Patinkin
Joseph Papp

Oscar A. Colon
Bodega Man
Miriam Cruz
Bodega Woman
Luis Caballero
Shooting Gallery Man
Sophia Domoulin
Shooting Gallery Woman

Robert Klein
Doctor

Gilbert Callazo
Miguel, as teen

Samuel Bruce Campbell
Short Eyes Cop

Lorraine Velez
Tutu
Michael Philip Del Rio
Angry Father (scenes deleted)

John Ortiz
Gang Member
Crew
Directing
- Leon IchasoDirector
Writing
- Leon IchasoWriter
Production
- Ines Mongil-EchandiProduction Manager
- Kathy DeMarcoCo-Executive Producer
- Lisa RhodenAssociate Producer
- John LeguizamoCo-Executive Producer
- Jamie GordonCo-Producer
- Fisher StevensProducer
- Bradley YonoverExecutive Producer
- Caroline JaczkoLine Producer
- Glen TrotinerAssociate Producer
- Tim WilliamsProducer
- John PenottiProducer
Camera
- Claudio CheaDirector of Photography
Editing
- David TedeschiEditor
Sound
- Kip HanrahanMusic