Sweetwater
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.
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Cast
Delijah McAlpin
Teen Sweetwater
Richard Dreyfuss
Maurice Podoloff
Jim Meskimen
Miles Slocum
Ashani Roberts
Sweetwater's Mother
Gary Clark Jr.
T-Bone
Preston Galli
Autograph Seeking Boy (uncredited)
Kevin Pollak
Abe Saperstein
Ernest Harden Jr.
Coach Will Robinson
Wayne Federman
Referee Pete
Ca'Ron Jaden Coleman
Young Sweetwater
Cary Elwes
Ned Irish
Jason Sklar
Donnie Grossman
Dahlia Waingort
Mrs. Lapchick
Bobby Portis Jr.
Earl "Big Cat" Llyod
Everett Osborne
Nathaniel 'Sweetwater' Clifton
Jim Caviezel
Sports Writer
Eric Etebari
Frank
Paul Hipp
Barker
Billy Malone
Dan
Dave Cobert
Dick McGuire
Jeremy Piven
Joe Lapchick
Eric Roberts
Judd
Emmaline
Jeanne Staples
Tim Kavanagh
Arthur "Art" Webb
Paul Riley Fox
Mechanic (uncredited)
Mike Starr
Eddie Gottlieb
Robert Ri'chard
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