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.
Everett Osborne
Nathaniel 'Sweetwater' Clifton
Cary Elwes
Ned Irish
Jeremy Piven
Joe Lapchick
Eric Roberts
Judd
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
Robert Ri'chard
Pop
Paul Hipp
Barker
Eric Etebari
Frank
Gary Clark Jr.
T-Bone
Ernest Harden Jr.
Coach Will Robinson
Wayne Federman
Referee Pete
Billy Malone
Dan
Dahlia Waingort
Mrs. Lapchick
Tim Kavanagh
Arthur "Art" Webb
Ca'Ron Jaden Coleman
Young Sweetwater
Delijah McAlpin
Teen Sweetwater
Dave Cobert
Dick McGuire
Herbert 'Flight Time' Lang
Babe
Bobby Portis Jr.
Earl "Big Cat" Llyod
Joshua King Brooks
Chuck Cooper
Steven Morse
Norm Drucker
Preston Galli
Autograph Seeking Boy (uncredited)
Paul Riley Fox
Mechanic (uncredited)
Martin Guigui
Director, Writer
Producer
Josi W. Konski
Tim Moore
Darren Moorman
Jul 24, 1998
Oct 1, 1993
Feb 7, 1968
Dec 20, 1991
Apr 27, 2019
Apr 21, 1928
Dec 1, 1982
Sep 15, 2000
Apr 21, 1995
Dec 25, 2007
Apr 6, 2018
Mar 23, 1994
Oct 17, 1986
Jan 23, 2025
Sep 2, 2013
Mar 27, 1992
Sunset Pictures
US
Reserve Entertainment
Astrablu Media
NBA Entertainment
United States
English