Piri Thomas, a painter, poet, author, ex-con, and ex-junkie, describes the life of a Puerto Rican in the Spanish Harlem ghetto in New York City.
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Piri Thomas as Self - Narrator
Gordon Parks Sequence Lead
Brazil 14 January 2026
United States 07 July 2021
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