Piñero (2001)

Director

• Leon Ichaso

Starring

• Benjamin Bratt
• Giancarlo Esposito
• Talisa Soto
• Nelson Vasquez
• Michael Irby

Last On

00:50-02:20 Sat 16th Apr 2011 90m
BBC2

Synopsis

Benjamin Bratt stars in the true story of the late Latino poet-playwright-actor Miguel Pinero, whose creative and turbulent life was cut short at the age of 40. After a difficult childhood, he took to the New York City streets in the 1970s. His life was a study in contrasts: a Tony Award nominee who did time at Sing-Sing, a volatile urban poet whose work is recognized as a precursor to rap and hip-hop, and a writer of hit TV shows.