Sugar

6.6 (64 votes)

For Miguel "Sugar" Santos, his curveball was his ticket out.

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.

Release Date: 2008-04-03

Runtime: 114 minutes

Production Companies: Serie 23 Productions, Gowanus Projections, HBO Films, Sony Pictures Classics

Revenue: $0

Homepage: http://www.sonyclassics.com/sugar