# Piñero (2001)

English · Released 2001-10-05

Piñero is a 2001 English film. It is produced by John Penotti.

Producer: John Penotti

## Storyline
"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.

## Common questions

### When was Piñero released?
Piñero was released on 5 October 2001.

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