Released
Sugar
April 3 2008 (over 16 years ago)Rating
66
Based on
62 reviews
For Miguel "Sugar" Santos, his curveball was his ticket out.
- Directors: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck
- Genre: Drama
- Runtime: 1 h 54 m
- Countries: Dominican Republic, United States of America
- Companies: Serie 23 Productions, Gowanus Projections, HBO Films, Sony Pictures Classics
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.
