Pinero - Seekin The Cause

[miknatisable]

great man

[elchicho25]

Bratt is a Great actor.. and Pinero and incredible poet.. but this movie wasnt very well made and Pinero's SOUL was missing from this.

[davidjohntovell]

Quein cantan aqui?

[tampagol]

@davidjohntovell ese es el disco aguebana cemi de jerry gonzales hemanos de andy los dos de la vieja orq de eddie palmieri andy barreto.eddie. charlie. manny oquendo. giants of latin jazz.

[CaptainNinjaJester]

RIP Fred .

[Leafsong151]

Even more difficult than finding the movie is finding that beautiful soundtrack.

[1993helengirl]

benjamin bratt!!!! i love him :P

[m0nr0emisfit]

@1993helengirl he was amazing in capturing the man behind the words...every time i think of pinero i think of benjamin bratts face

[susanfaustina]

One of the best poetic performance pieces I've ever seen, and I perform my work

[olivialover75]

@susanfaustina excelent!!!

[MikeofWyoming]

Lame....



[olivialover75]

@MikeofWyoming well I will like to disscuse that in private with you!!!

[speeches]

When u cool for 20. u get paid for 21 chico. Miguelito Pinero!

[MrDumnyce]

this movie was deep.... i luved it......

[alexfu1]

he is brilliant....

[datboymarco]

a hispanic cross between matthew mcconaughey and johnny deep.

[klimildah]

GREAT ACTING, HE SHOULD HAVE WON OSCAR

GREAT, GREAT

[VisionofOrion]

great intensity in this scene.

[cetnikz]

Great film.If you like it read Pinero's work he was a great poet and playright.

Another good fil is Basquiat about another great heroin addicted artist.

[VisionofOrion]

@cetnikz Funny when I saw this movie I saw alot of resemblences too. Both are great movies.

[speeches]

Being Spanish is beautiful yo! 

[speeches]

OYE INDIO! Ahh cool words and very honestly spoken about alot our struggles trying to blend our 2 worlds...

[BurnettVice]

But Miguel Pinero is the same who played "Calderone" in Miami Vice?

[tampagol]

@BurnettVice miguel pinero played the drug dealer in ft apache in the bronx the one that stab the prostitute that nobody knew she killed the two cops. that he took everybody hostatage in lincon hospital. good movie and short eyes

[jorgelemonjello]

I love this poem, and this movie. Thanks for posting.

[landoson]

This movie is great!!! It is on netflix watch instantly

[jojo31711]

my mom is soooooo in love with this guy benjamin bratt ps hes such a drug addict

[GennaroNapoletano]

awesome

[patersonteacher]

Late Puerto Rican poet Miguel Pinero

[brownholepink]

man paco was cool in this movie too..you know what i mean jelly bean he was useing people for inspirational poems ..it made me look at all the materials i got from the faces at the grocery store so called family landlords back stabing employee silver daddy and son next door unfit mothers and fathers.

[TheCCPress]

Words, Latin beats and great back drop.

The answers are not outside but within!

Peace!

[TRUTHWILLMANIFEST]

Take heed! This is as REAL as it gets. PINERO!! PeacE!

[cybernyse]

what is the name of this band? love it

[cybernyse]

who is the guy at the end with the dreads? whats his name? love his music.

[PawwwPrintzzzBLVD]

... this is what Rap music should be like today ... O.N.E. LuvVv hermano ... 5 + 6 = 11

[deadpool4767]

good poem

[littlepessa]

And we are still seeking the/a cause

[chewstroke]

great movie

[TheOsseous]

how many of us die,... seeking the cause?

it is not a nuyorican experience,....that is what makes this man universal.. 

saludos de tejas

[cybernyse]

what is the song?

[manwomanboogie]

Very Important Film...Very Important.

Thank you so much for this post.

RIP Miguel, A Def Nuyorican Poet...

[Taino963]

THIS!!! Is the microcosm of the Boricua Soul; its what growing up in the belly of the beast manifests but expressed only in a way a Boricua can! Great Flic; Benjamin se boto! Miguel RIP!

[joseph80s]

great poem i love this film pinero was too talented i need to buy this film

[00watcher]

Passion, passion, passion....PURE FUCKING PASSION¡¡¡¡

[gametight79]

Nuyorican Flavor all day. it never dies.

[Sideos]

Pinero's poems are just amazing, I love this dude to pieces and I could listen to this all day.

Reminder to self, BUY THIS DVD.

[angelic1912]

love him!

[acbp2007]

Search seekin the cause on google and you will find my poetry blog! ;) Seek the cause!

[bolmma]

wow

[maldonadojustin]

PutaLoca - the song is Agüeybana Zemi by Jerry González, Frankie Rodriguez

[PutaLoca11]

I'm trying to find this music track. Who were the guaguanco rumberos that played this song. My mom used to have it on a tape mix. I never found out the name of the band. Does anyone who did the Indio Poderoso song?

[kayo33333]

deep poetry of pinero - great acting preformence of bratt - i saw this as a teen the first time... actually this made me start reading books... i just love his poetry... great mov...

this is my favorite part...

[Pinksummertime]

I think Benjamin Bratt did an outstanding job with this movie. Johnny Depp had the looks for the part, but this is not for Depp. Johnny Depp was considered for the part. This movie was so well put together and Bratt should have received some type of award for this one. Well he got a wife out of this one. It's not tiring at all you just have to understand the dynamics of the person, his work, the era, the culture,

the country, the cities, addiction, abuse and the plight of all people involved

[tobimontana69]

this looks tiring

[ILLVILLE]

this is johnny depp meet al pacino in carlito's way, this what you get if u mixx the 2

[JeReL19]

I don't get it. Is he a Latino Hippi or something?

[mrthinksalot]

No. Pinero was a innovative poet. His style highly influenced what became Hip Hop like the Last Poets and Gill Scott Heron/

[atilamostar]

its good to know that im the cause !

nice job miguel pinero......

[loveresurrection]

Vibrant and effective friend! yeah!!

added to the LR p.list for music to sustain truthers souls...

with love and together we are already the change we need

LR

[Schehzad]

Occasionally, Bratt looks out of his depth, but overall I think he done a gr8 job. I reckon Johnny Depp would've smashed this role !

[margot980]

Yeah, imagine Depp in this. I think Bratt was great though. Amazing scene, all parts of it. The pace, the music, the words, the roof.

Pinero's detractors can't take this away from me.

[Softbird27]

Bratt was EXCELLENT in this role! He is apparently underrated as an actor.

[normajeanxaild23]

he was a homo and an alcoholic who was addicted to drugs and stole from people

[Agilo3]

He was a male, lived on the planet Earth, occasionally went to sleep and was, at one point in time, alive.

[vibrantlight1103]

EXACTLY!!

[cetnikz]

@normajeanxaild23 The more demons the better the artist.

Despite being a heroin addict he never let that side take the best and his talent can't be denied.All you present is false labels.

[m0nr0emisfit]

@normajeanxaild23 if you can get past all those then you can hear the beautiful poetry of human feelings and struggle... not everyone is perfect and many have made mistakes ,,,Kurt Kobain was a druggie but no one cared because his music was beautiful...if people focused on the positive instead of the negative and stopped tearing down each other the world would be a much better please

[m0nr0emisfit]

@m0nr0emisfit *PLACE ... not please sorry lol

[Krisznyo]

he was a genious

[TRUTHWILLMANIFEST]

@Krisznyo Yup! "POETIC GENIOUS". Miguel is a MAJOR contributor to ALL REAL, Hip Hop. He is TRULY a "Revolutionary" of the time. PeacE!

[ekamouse2]

Does anybody knows the name of the song in the background?

[cetnikz]

Pinero 1 of my favs.Lf Basquiat somehow.I think Bratt did a great job.Got me interested in Miguels work.

Great schene great film.

[DendiSk]

FANTASTIC!!

[margot980]

Pinero is an introduction to the movie he wrote as a play that rocketed him to fame, money, even greater despair.

Short Eyes is on the tube, 12 parts. I had to keep going back to the cockroach race and the singing scene to get through. It's relentless, breaks all the rules, works.

[DaleCredico]

Yes! APTN.

I saw this again last night.

That bit about the deep sea diver

eventually never wanting to surface,

that's golden.

[margot980]

Yeah,the diver who didn't want to surface again, another unforgettable moment in this movie.

The clip, please Agilo.

[margot980]

Agilo, thanks for this. Just saw the movie on APTN, the native channel. This was the scene I most wanted to experience again. And again.

[spareaxe]

did benny win any kind of recognition for this film?

[Taz36Guevara]

An Awesome scene from an Awesome movie. If you hgaven't seen this movie - Rent It. You will be amazed by PIñero.

[Agilo3]

I know I was. ;)

[Juan321C]

@Taz36Guevara Don't rent it, BUY IT!

[FelipeQQ]

Thanks for sharing!

[choopo2004]

Where can I download this movie? I search ecerything and nothing!

[Agilo3]

I don't know, I bought it online.

It's worth buying. ;)

[choopo2004]

Yes I know that is worth buying but I dont have posibillity to buy online. :(

[Obeyprogress]

When I see him doing this piece I think he should have played the role of Che in the movie the Argentinian

[metallicmaniak]

gives me goosebumps every time I read or hear that poem. Pinero is the best poet of Puerto Rico, and with pride I say it!

[tigerlily86]

I just saw the movie on dvd! i think benjamin bratt did a really good job!

[acbp2007]

Pure Genious!

[irenegoldaracena]

VERY GOOD MOVIE!!!, AND THE POEM IS SOO PERFECT, y lo mejor, and the beest, ES Q ES LATINOOOOOOOOOOOO, desde argentina

[Ankeles7]

what a great movie!!

Bratt... just AMAZING!

[erncla]

Muy bueno !!!

[mozaiko666]

Great movie, Bratt shows acting skills in this independent movie... totally recomended for poetry fans. i´ve seen it 4 times and i would see it again, no doubt. Great story, casting, script... good good good

[bobbysworld79]

Pinero.....truly amazing...for all the shit he went threw from the age of 13 and still rising to higher heights. One of my biggest icons, no doubt.........

[jdestinee]

i am a brand new fan! my school has different adivsories and we call diffferent advisories names of great leaders we also call our advisories houses and one of the houses was called pinero house and just yesterday they did a pinero house day and they did some of his poems this one included and at the end they showed the movie clip of my favorite poem of his which was the lower east side WOW!! he was soooo gifted i am definitely a new FAN!!

[carlosalfredobendfel]

Such a good movie about sucha great poet! I wonder how he's so relatively unknown...

[monicamichelle05]

I dont have words for this poem is sooooooooo amazing

[forceps2008]

Now this will b the 1st. thing 2 do 4 me if I should ever get there......visitin the nuyorican poets cafe he has also founded...YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!

[monicamichelle05]

I would love to go there too

[forceps2008]

oh my god this man is always gettin me goosepimples..........I can`t find no words to say except 4 he´s a genius.Now that´s what I call a real artist and he was...with all that

he was...

[bijan84]

my favorite scene from the movie.

[cindyphan1]

I just finished watching this film..never heard poetry being this way..amazing.

[Overdier]

Pinero the greatest

[hero2d0s]

Rap has it was originaly suppose to be.

Not that cussing guetto crap...

[Agilo3]

In English?

I don't understand what you're trying to say..

[hero2d0s]

In english?

Rap has it was originally suppose to be. Not that cussing guetto crap.

(My reference is to Rap music its origin are in the urban poets societies composed of the

low class no class and outcast of anglo-aristocrat socialites)...

Let me just say nice vid have a nice day...

[Agilo3]

Err, ok. :)

[PoeticProphecy]

A poetic prophet

[1PXUXMXF1]

he's such a good poet. not a man an idol, hes amazing!