Sugar

About 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.

Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck directed Sugar, a 2008 drama film. Released in April 2008, it runs 114 minutes.

The film is filed under baseball, homesickness, host family, and minor leagues.

Algenis Perez Soto takes the lead as Miguel, Jose Rijo as Alvarez, Walki Cuevas as Alfonso, and Santo Silvestre as Umpire #1. The screenplay is by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck. Produced by Gowanus Projections. In the United States it streams on Netflix and Netflix Standard with Ads.

A League of Their Own, Bull Durham, and Lost in Translation make useful companions to Sugar, all filed under sports. TMDB voters put it at 6.6 out of 10 across 79 votes and it carries a R rating.