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Sweetwater 2023 Directed by Martin Guigui

The man who changed the game.

In 1990 Chicago, a taxi driver recounts to his passenger, a sportswriter, his life story. He reveals himself to be Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton, one of the first African Americans to play in the NBA.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Release Date 14 April 2023
119 mins
Cast
Everett Osborne Nathaniel "Sweetwater" Clifton
Cary Elwes Ned Irish
Jeremy Piven Joe Lapchick
Jim Caviezel Sports Writer
Richard Dreyfuss Maurice Podoloff
Kevin Pollak Abe Saperstein
Mike Starr Eddie Gottlieb
Jim Meskimen Miles Slocum
Jason Sklar Donnie Grossman
Emmaline Jeanne Staples
Ashani Roberts Sweetwater's Mother
Paul Hipp Barker
Ernest Harden Jr. Coach Will Robinson
Wayne Federman Referee Pete
Dahlia Waingort Mrs. Lapchick
Tim Kavanagh Arthur "Art" Webb
Ca'Ron Jaden Coleman Young Sweetwater
Delijah McAlpin Teen Sweetwater
Dave Cobert Dick McGuire
Joshua King Brooks Chuck Cooper
Steven Morse Norm Drucker
Preston Galli Autograph Seeking Boy (uncredited)