Watch: Hall of Famer NBA Player Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton’s Biopic

Sweetwater

Briarcliff Entertainment has released the trailer to ‘Sweetwater,’ written and directed By Martin Guigui and starring Everett Osborne, Cary Elwes, Jeremy Piven, Richard Dreyfuss, and Kevin Pollak. The film hits theaters on April 14th.

The film is about Hall of Famer Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton, who makes history as the first African American to sign an NBA contract, forever changing how the game of basketball is played.

There are also special appearances by Gary Clark Jr., Jim Caviezel and NBA champion Bobby Portis Jr. 

The film follows Clifton (Osborne), who is the star attraction of the Harlem Globetrotters, led by owner/coach Abe Saperstein (Pollak). When New York Knicks executive Ned Irish (Elwes) and Knicks coach Joe Lapchick (Piven) decide it is time for the Knicks to integrate, with the support of NBA President Maurice Podoloff (Dreyfuss), they come together with the other team owners of the league to make history.

The film received an important endorsement from the basketball player’s family

Jataun Robinson, Sweetwater Clifton’s daughter, commented, “The only regret my dad ever had was that no one knew his story…I’m so excited the movie finally got made that I can’t stop smiling.” 

The film is produced by Tim Moore, Dahlia Waingort Guigui, Darren Moorman, and Josi Konski. Executive producers are Scott Pomeroy, Mike Durden, Scott Helms, Craig Cheek, Tom Ortenberg, and Pasaca Entertainment.