Sugar

Sugar

114 mins | Drama | April 3, 2008

Like many young men in the Dominican Republic, 19-year-old Miguel "Sugar" Santos dreams of winning a slot on an American baseball team. Indeed, his talents as a pitcher eventually land him a slot on a single-A team in Iowa, but culture shock, racism and other curveballs threaten to turn Sugar's dream sour.

Sugar

114 mins | Drama | April 3, 2008

Sugar
Like many young men in the Dominican Republic, 19-year-old Miguel "Sugar" Santos dreams of winning a slot on an American baseball team. Indeed, his talents as a pitcher eventually land him a slot on a single-A team in Iowa, but culture shock, racism and other curveballs threaten to turn Sugar's dream sour.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Sony Pictures Classics, HBO Films, Gowanus Projections, Serie 23 Productions
Original title Sugar
Directors Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck
Writers Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck

Cast

Algenis Perez Soto

as Miguel 'Sugar' Santos

Rayniel Rufino

as Jorge Ramirez

André Holland

as Brad Johnson

Michael Gaston

as Stu Sutton

Jaime Tirelli

as Osvaldo

Ann Whitney

as Helen Higgins

Richard Bull

as Earl Higgins

Alina Vargas

as Reyna