Film Screening: Piñero
Brentwood Arts Exchange
Sep. 15, 2016, 06:30 pm
3901 Rhode Island Avenue
Brentwood, Maryland 20722
(301) 277-2863
www.mncppcapps.org/pgparks/art_events/events_and_performances.aspx?q=brentwood
Piñero tells the story of the explosive life of a Latino icon, the poet-playwright-actor Miguel Piñero, 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, Piñero’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. Miramax. 2001. 103 minutes
