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Piñero

Summary: Miguel Pinero's creative and turbulent life was cut short at age 40: 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.

Release Date: April 12, 2002

Genres: Drama, Biography

Director: Leon Ichaso

Writer: Leon Ichaso

Runtime: 1 h 43 min

MPAA: R

Production: Burnside Entertainment, GreeneStreet Films, Lower East Side Films

Distributor: Miramax

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 275,171

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