Sep 24 – Sugar

Directors: Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck

Miguel Santos, a.k.a. Sugar, is struggling to pull himself and his family out of the poverty that is his lot in San Pedro De Macorís, Dominican Republic. Baseball is his ticket out, and when a single-A team in Iowa calls him up, it seems his dreams may come true. But when his picthing falters, he begins to question the single-mindedness of his life’s ambition.

It is both sad and hopeful, but the film’s sorrow and its optimism arise from its rarest and most thrilling quality, which is its deep and humane honesty. — The New York Times

Sugar is that sweetest of films: A sensitive and memorable story that surprises at every turn. – USA Today.

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