SUGAR

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• Release Year: 2009
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: Sugar is the inspirational story of Miguel Santos, a gifted pitcher struggling to make it to the big leagues of American baseball. Nicknamed 'Azucar' (Spanish for 'sugar'), 19-year-old Miguel travels from his poor but tightly-knit community in the Dominican Republic to play minor league baseball in the United States - where anything is possible. He finds himself in a small Iowa town, where he struggles with the culture, the language, and the pressure of knowing that only his success can rescue his family.
• Cast: Algenis Perez Soto, Rayniel Rufino, Andre Holland, Ann Whitney, Ellary Porterfield, Jaime Tirelli, Jose Rijo, Michael Gaston, Alina Vargas, Richard Bull, Kelvin Leonardo Garcia, Joendy Pena Brown, Karl Bury, Greg D'Agostino, Larry E. Donaldson, Barbara P. Engstrom, Brandon Gorrell, Chris Harkins, Taylor Hogue, Rita Kurtz, Eddie Martinez, Cesar Minaya, Sabien Minteer, Alyssa Simmons, Issac Thomas Richer Smith, Tom Sponberg, Randolph Wehofer, Michael Robert Yeager, Chelsea Zeleny, Richard Anderson, Byron Browne, Rhett Ashley Crosby, Adam Denomme, Christopher Denomme, Marcus Jordan, Jason H. Karniol, Dave Mahr, Joseph Rao, Jeremy Ray, Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck
• Director: Anna Boden
• Runtime: 1:54
• Company: Journeyman Pictures, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Classics, HBO Films
• Media Format: Movie