Piñero
July 19, 2010Piñero
Call Number: VHS01322
by Leon Ichaso; John Penotti; Fisher Stevens; Tim Williams; Benjamin Bratt; Giancarlo Esposito; Talisa Soto; Nelson Vasquez; Michael Wright; Michael Irby; Mandy Patinkin; Robert Klein; Rita Moreno; Claudio Chea; David Tedeschi; Sandra Hernandez; Sharon Lemofsky; Kip Hanrahan; Miramax Films.; GreeneStreet Films.; Lower East Side Films.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Burbank, Calif. : Miramax Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2002?], ©2001.
Notes: Originally released in 2001 (94 min.);
Summary: Portrays the life of the Latino poet-playwright-actor Miguel Piñero, a founder of the famed Nuyorican Poets Café, whose urban poetry is recognized as a precursor to rap and hip-hop. After doing prison time for petty thefts and drug dealing, Piñero turned his experiences into the 1974 Tony-nominated play Short Eyes.
OCLC #: 51489334
Added: July 19, 2010
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
