Sugar
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.
Country: US
Genre: Drama
Release: 2008-04-03
Director: Anna Boden
Production: Serie 23 Productions, Gowanus Projections, HBO Films
Cast: Algenis Perez Soto, Jose Rijo, Walki Cuevas, Santo Silvestre, Emmanuel Nanita Carvajal
Tagline: For Miguel "Sugar" Santos, his curveball was his ticket out.
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