Sweetwater

Plot

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.

  • Martin Guigui

    Director

  • Martin Guigui

    Writer

  • Massimo Zeri

    Director of Photography

  • Eric Potter

    Editor

  • Everett Osborne

    Nathaniel "Sweetwater" Clifton

  • Cary Elwes

    Ned Irish

  • Jeremy Piven

    Joe Lapchick

  • Eric Roberts

    Judd

  • 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

  • Robert Ri'chard

    Pop

  • Paul Hipp

    Barker

  • Eric Etebari

    Frank

  • Gary Clark Jr.

    T-Bone

  • Ernest Harden Jr.

    Coach Will Robinson

  • Wayne Federman

    Referee Pete

  • Billy Malone

    Dan

  • Dahlia Waingort

    Mrs. Lapchick

  • Tim Kavanagh

    Arthur "Art" Webb

  • Ca'Ron Jaden Coleman

    Young Sweetwater

  • Delijah McAlpin

    Teen Sweetwater

  • Dave Cobert

    Dick McGuire

  • Herbert 'Flight Time' Lang

    Babe

  • Joshua King Brooks

    Chuck Cooper

  • Steven Morse

    Norm Drucker

  • Preston Galli

    Autograph Seeking Boy (uncredited)

  • Runtime

    119 minutes

    Released

    2023-04-14

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Sunset Pictures

    Reserve Entertainment

    Astrablu Media

    NBA Entertainment

    Briarcliff Entertainment

    Sound

  • Lalo Schifrin

    Music

  • Updated

    10 days ago

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