Sweetwater
2023-04-14In 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.
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.
Nathaniel "Sweetwater" Clifton
Everett Osborne
Ned Irish
Cary Elwes
Joe Lapchick
Jeremy Piven
Judd
Eric Roberts
Sports Writer
Jim Caviezel
Maurice Podoloff
Richard Dreyfuss
Abe Saperstein
Kevin Pollak
Eddie Gottlieb
Mike Starr
Miles Slocum
Jim Meskimen
Donnie Grossman
Jason Sklar
Jeanne Staples
Emmaline
Sweetwater's Mother
Ashani Roberts
Pop
Robert Ri'chard
Barker
Paul Hipp
Frank
Eric Etebari
T-Bone
Gary Clark Jr.
Coach Will Robinson
Ernest Harden Jr.
Referee Pete
Wayne Federman
Dan
Billy Malone
Mrs. Lapchick
Dahlia Waingort
Arthur "Art" Webb
Tim Kavanagh
Young Sweetwater
Ca'Ron Jaden Coleman
Teen Sweetwater
Delijah McAlpin
Dick McGuire
Dave Cobert
Babe
Herbert 'Flight Time' Lang
Chuck Cooper
Joshua King Brooks
Norm Drucker
Steven Morse
Autograph Seeking Boy (uncredited)
Preston Galli