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