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Sweetwater (2023)

Sweetwater (2023)

PG-13 119 minutes EN Drama , History
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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Everett Osborne
Nathaniel "Sweetwater" Clifton
Cary Elwes
Ned Irish
Jeremy Piven
Joe Lapchick
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

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Director of Photography
Stunt Coordinator
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Associate Producer
Associate Producer
Executive Producer
Co-Producer
Production companies: Sunset Pictures, Reserve Entertainment, Astrablu Media, NBA Entertainment, Briarcliff Entertainment
Production countries: United States of America

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PG-13 (Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Films given this rating may contain sexual content, brief or partial nudity, some strong language and innuendo, humor, mature themes, political themes, terror and/or intense action violence. However, bloodshed is rarely present. This is the minimum rating at which drug content is present.)

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