Sweetwater (2023)

In the fall of 1950, Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton forever changed the game of basketball when he entered the NBA. The story of the first African American to land a contract to play in the NBA.

• Type
  movie
• Release Date
  May 7, 2023
• Country
  • United States of America
• Language
  • English
• Genre
  • Drama
  • History
• Cast
  • Everett Osborne as Nathaniel "Sweetwater" Clifton
  • Cary Elwes as Ned Irish
  • Jeremy Piven as Joe Lapchick
  • Eric Roberts as Judd
  • Jim Caviezel as Sports Writer
  • Richard Dreyfuss as Maurice Podoloff
  • Kevin Pollak as Abe Saperstein
  • Mike Starr as Eddie Gottlieb
  • Jim Meskimen as Miles Slocum
  • Jason Sklar as Donnie Grossman
  • Emmaline as Jeanne Staples
  • Ashani Roberts as Sweetwater's Mother
  • Robert Ri'chard as Pop
  • Paul Hipp as Barker
  • Eric Etebari as Frank
  • Gary Clark Jr. as T-Bone
  • Ernest Harden Jr. as Coach Will Robinson
  • Wayne Federman as Referee Pete
  • Billy Malone as Dan
  • Dahlia Waingort as Mrs. Lapchick
  • Tim Kavanagh as Arthur "Art" Webb
  • Ca'Ron Jaden Coleman as Young Sweetwater
  • Delijah McAlpin as Teen Sweetwater
  • Dave Cobert as Dick McGuire
  • Herbert 'Flight Time' Lang as Babe
  • Joshua King Brooks as Chuck Cooper
  • Steven Morse as Norm Drucker
  • Preston Galli as Autograph Seeking Boy (uncredited)
• References
  • imdb