Boden and Fleck have since co-written and co-directed the 2008 film '' Sugar '' , which premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival , about a 19-year-old Dominican who immigrates to the United States to play minor league baseball . The two wrote the screenplay after researching about many Dominican immigrants who arrive in America to play in minor league towns , saying : " The stories we heard were so fascinating that it became what we were writing before we 'd even decided it was our next project " . They also collaborated on a screen adaptation of Ned Vizzini 's young adult novel '' It 's Kind of a Funny Story '' , which was released on October 8 , 2010
2008 Sundance Film Festival
2008 Sundance Film Festival
Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck