Movies for Grownups: 'Sweetwater'

Movies for Grownups: 'Sweetwater'

Watch the story of the first African American to play in the NBA, Nathaniel "Sweetwater" Clifton.

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Nathaniel "Sweetwater" Clifton, star attraction of the Harlem Globetrotters, changes the game of basketball when he becomes the first African American player to sign a contract with the NBA in the fall of 1950. 

This film is rated PG-13 for some racial slurs, violence and smoking. 

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