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No Sugar-Coating Immigration

A new film will enthrall baseball fans—and anyone fascinated by the endurance of American ideals.

By Brandon Harris

Brooklyn-based filmmakers Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden have followed up their self-assured 2006 feature debut, Half Nelson, with another success. Their new immigration/baseball drama, Sugar, may be the best American sports movie and the most touching immigration saga of the decade. As much as North American and Asian populations are enamored with baseball, their enthusiasm hardly compares with the passion found… return to article

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