Pièero
"Pièero" tells the story of the explosive life of a Latino icon, the poet-playwright-actor Miguel Pièero, 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, Pièero'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.
R
HD
Biography, Drama
2001
103 min
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Movie Info:
- Full Name : Pièero
- Duration : 103 min
- Languages : English
- Writers : Leon Ichaso
- Directors : Leon Ichaso min
- Imdb : 6.4 (1180 votes)
- Tomatoes : 3.7 (992 votes)
- Actors : Benjamin Bratt, Giancarlo Esposito, Talisa Soto, Nelson Vasquez
Movie Storyline
"Pièero" tells the story of the explosive life of a Latino icon, the poet-playwright-actor Miguel Pièero, 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, Pièero'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.