Sweetwater
2023, Film, 118 min, Biography, Drama, Sport, English, United States, MoviePedia score 66
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.
Directed by Martin Guigui
Cast
- Everett Osborne as Sweetwater
- Cary Elwes as Ned Irish
- Jeremy Piven as Joe Lapchick
- Kevin Pollak as Abe Saperstein
- Richard Dreyfuss as Maurice Podoloff
- Jim Caviezel as Sports Writer
- Emmaline as Jeanne Staples
- Eric Roberts as Judd
- Ernest Harden Jr. as Coach Will Robinson
- Robert Ri'chard as Pop
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