Piñero

 

Benjamin Bratt, Giancarlo Esposito, Rita Moreno, Mandy Patinkin,
Talisa Soto, Tara Wilson
Miramax Films; Directed by Leon Ichaso
Rated R; 103 minutes; 2001

  
Benjamin Bratt stars in this true story of ‘Nuyorican’ (Puerto Ricans living in New York) poet Miguel Pinero, whose urban poetry is recognized as a precursor to rap and hip-hop music. This explosive Latino icon wrote the 1974 Tony-nominated play Short Eyes, which stemmed from his experience of doing time in the hard-core Sing-Sing prison for petty thefts and drug dealing. Pinero’s gift and success was hampered only by a fierce addiction to heroin that was caused by his inability to deal with the sudden fame. This habit eventually caused him to contract AIDS which led to his death in 1988.

 

 "A startling performance by Benjamin Bratt."
 -- THE NEW YORK TIMES
  

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