Piñero / Miramax Films and GreeneStreet Films presents a GreeneStreet production in association with Lower East Side Films ; written & directed by León Ichaso ; produced by John Penotti, Fisher Stevens, Tim Williams.

A biographical look at a Latino icon, the poet-playwright-actor Miguel Piñero, whose urban poetry is recognized as a precursor to rap and hip-hop. After doing time in Sing-Sing Prison for petty thefts and drug dealing, Piñero adapted his prison experiences into the 1974 Tony-nominated play Short eye...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Miramax Films
GreeneStreet Films
Lower East Side Films
Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm)
Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Ichaso, León
Penotti, John
Stevens, Fisher
Williams, Tim
Bratt, Benjamin, 1963-
Esposito, Giancarlo
Soto, Talisa
Vasquez, Nelson
Wright, Michael, 1956-
Irby, Michael
Patinkin, Mandy
Klein, Robert, 1942-
Moreno, Rita
Chea, Claudio
Tedeschi, David
Hanrahan, Kip
Hernandez, Sandra
Lomofsky, Sharon
Language:English
Spanish
Language and/or Writing System:
English dialogue with optional Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned in English.
Published: Burbank, CA : Miramax Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2002]
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Piñero, Miguel > Drama.
Authors, Puerto Rican > Drama.
Ex-convicts > Drama.
Feature films.
Biographical films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Drama.
Biographical films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Also issued on VHS.
Format: Video DVD

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