Sweetwater (2023 film)

Sweetwater
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMartin Guigui
Written byMartin Guigui
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyMassimo Zeri
Edited byEric Potter
Music by
Production
companies
  • Sunset Pictures
  • Reserve Entertainment
Distributed byBriarcliff Entertainment
Release date
  • April 14, 2023 (2023-04-14)
Running time
119 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$8 million[2]
Box office$541,633[3][4]

Sweetwater is a 2023 American biographical sports film about Nat Clifton, the first African-American to sign a contract with the National Basketball Association (NBA). Written and directed by Martin Guigui, it stars Everett Osborne as Clifton, with Cary Elwes, Jeremy Piven, Richard Dreyfuss, and Kevin Pollak in supporting roles.

The film was released on April 14, 2023, by Briarcliff Entertainment. At the 55th NAACP Image Awards the film was nominated for Outstanding Independent Motion Picture.

  1. ^ "Sweetwater". British Columbia Film Classification Office. Archived from the original on March 28, 2023. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  2. ^ "28 years in the making, 'Sweetwater' premieres in theaters". NBA.com. April 14, 2023. Archived from the original on April 14, 2023. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  3. ^ "Sweetwater (2023)". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
  4. ^ "Sweetwater (2023)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved April 28, 2023.