A trip to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame decades ago compelled award-winning filmmaker Martin Guigui, to learn more about the late Nathaniel (Nat) “Sweetwater” Clifton, a pioneering NBA figure in 1950.
The movie was filmed primarily in the San Francisco Bay area and will debut nationally in theaters on April 14.
He learned that Clifton, the first Black player for the New York Knicks, was a 6-8 power forward and a standout at Xavier University in the early 1940s, excelled with the New York Rens from 1945–47, and was a featured member of the Harlem Globetrotters from 1947–50 before a legendary career with Knicks from 1950–57.
Everett Osborne, who stars as Clifton in the movie, said the film was n opportunity to educate the masses about an important part of American history is an honor. “I am standing on the shoulders of a real human being. Whether you play basketball or not, you will be affected by Nathaniel ‘Sweetwater’ Clifton’s story. I am just thankful now is the time we’re sharing it with the world,” Osborne said. “It doesn’t hit just one diaspora. Humanity holds an interdependence on one another, so if one is affected, we’re all affected. If one is enslaved, we’re all enslaved. If everyone is free, we’re all free.
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