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Sweetwater: Directed by Martin Guigui. With Everett Osborne, Cary Elwes, Jeremy Piven, Kevin Pollak. In the fall of 1950, Nat 'Sweetwater' Clifton makes history in his journey to become the first African American to sign an NBA contract, forever changing the game of basketball.
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- Biography, Drama, Sport
- Martin Guigui
- 2023-09-29
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.
As it was unheard of in the 1950s to have a Black man play professional basketball, Sweetwater fought for his place in the professional courts as the civil rights movement unfolded outside the courts.
- Martin Guigui
Nathaniel 'Sweetwater' Clifton Kevin Pollak Abe Saperstein Jeremy Piven Joe Lapchick Cary Elwes Ned Irish Richard Dreyfuss Maurice Podoloff Emmaline Jeanne Staples Jim Caviezel Sports Writer Eric Roberts Judd Robert Ri'chard Pop Liam Risinger Richard Lapchik Mike Starr Eddie Gottlieb Ian Fisher Mo Martin Guigui Director, Original Music ...
Sep 19, 2024 · The movie starts with Jim Caviezel in a cameo as a sportswriter who gets in a cab and recognizes the older Sweetwater as his driver. He asks incredulously why Nat is driving a cab. Jump back to 1949, where Nat’s playing for the Harlem Globetrotters in an exhibition game with NBA world champion Minneapolis Lakers.
Blackfilmandtv.com's Wilson Morales talks to Everett Osborne, Jeremy Piven, Cary Elwes and director Martin Guigui about Sweetwater.Hitting theaters on April ...
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