"Piero" chronicles the explosive life of a Latino superstar, Miguel Piero, a gay poet-playwright-actor whose urban poetry influenced rap and hip-hop. Piero's experiences in hard-core Sing-Sing inspired the Tony-nominated drama Short Eyes (1974). To avoid the media attention, the Latino genius withdrew to the darkest parts of New York.
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"Piero" chronicles the explosive life of a Latino superstar, Miguel Piero, a gay poet-playwright-actor whose urban poetry influenced rap and hip-hop. Piero's experiences in hard-core Sing-Sing inspired the Tony-nominated drama Short Eyes (1974). To avoid the media attention, the Latino genius withdrew to the darkest parts of New York.
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