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.

Drama

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)

Joshua King Brooks

(Chuck Cooper)

Steven Morse

(Norm Drucker)

Preston Galli

(Autograph Seeking Boy (uncredited))