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Piñero

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Piñero
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R,1hr 43min
Genres:
Drama,Documentary
Released:
December 5, 2001
Director:
Leon Ichaso
Distributor:
Miramax
Starring:
Benjamin Bratt, Giancarlo Esposito, Talisa Soto  ...more
Synopsis: Miguel Pinero became a leading figure in New York's art scene during the 1970s as a poet, actor, and playwright whose vibrant, often pointed, work spoke directly to the lower classes and to disenfranchised minorities. As a founder of the influential Nuyorican Poets Cafe, his poetry soon became recognized as a forerunner to rap and hip-hop music. TV screenwriter turned director Leon Ichaso spins this impressionistic biographical look at this artist. Raised in an abusive family, Pinero (Benjamin Bratt) ... Full Synopsis
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Andrea LeVasseur, AMG Review
Shot with digital video, Leon Ichaso's rambling mood piece Piñero attempts to emulate poet/playwright Miguel Piñero's lyrical writing style. As Piñero, Law & Order star Benjamin Bratt is a charming rogue eternally smoking cigarettes and adjusting his fedora. With his scruffy beard, aviator sunglasses, and mop of curly brown hair, Bratt swaggers his way through scenes offering up raw words and wild ... Full Review
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Benjamin Bratt
Miguel, Miguel Pinero
Giancarlo Esposito
Miguel Algarin
Talisa Soto
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Nelson Vasquez
Tito
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