Piñero

The story

"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.

Cast & crew

Benjamin BrattMiguel Piñero

Giancarlo EspositoMiguel Algarin

Talisa SotoSugar

Nelson VasquezTito Goya

Panchito GómezActing Inmate

Michael WrightEdgar Bowser

Michael IrbyReinaldo Povod

Rita MorenoMiguel's Mother

Jaime SánchezMiguel's Father

Rome Neal

Rome NealJake

Mandy PatinkinJoseph Papp

Oscar A. ColonBodega Man