Production Companies

Serie 23 Productions, Gowanus Projections, HBO Films, Sony Pictures Classics

Overview

"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.