We hosted our first LIVE, in-person podcast episode after the screening of the film, Sugar, at The Little Theatre on Thursday, August 18, 2022. The recording was provided by The Little Theatre staff.

Sugar is a 2008 drama about 19-year-old Miguel “Sugar” Santos (Algenis Perez Soto) who dreams of winning a slot on an American baseball team. 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. Sugar is written and directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck

In our discussion, we brought up topics of culture shock, racism, the importance of community and family, and Miguel’s journey into discovering his own identity separate from baseball.

Featured Panelists: Rosa Vargas-Cronin, Giovanni Santana, Denise Ester

Moderator: Deborah Alvarez

Our Voices Project is a production company that shares the experiences of Black, Brown, and Indigenous people through visual storytelling. Our goal is to dismantle destructive stereotypes of minority groups perpetuated in the media by producing films centered on the multifaceted experiences of Black, Brown, and Indigenous people and to help educators design and implement a student-centered learning environment that affirms racial and cultural identities, empowers students as agents of social change, and contributes to an individual’s engagement, learning, growth, and achievement through cultivation of critical thinking. You can learn more about Our Voices Project at www.ourvoicesproject.com. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

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Song: "You are so money"

Written by: Matthew Wigton

Performed by: Falls