Rainwater then spent 9 months homeless on the streets of Orlando, FL while taking care of his mother who eventually died in 1993.
The film starred Shihan Van Clief, Albert Daniels, Mollie Engelhart, and Ove Salcedo and featured interviews with Russell Simmons, Woody Harrelson, Rosario Dawson, the great poet Nikki Giovanni as well as many others.
In 2010 Rainwater made his feature film debut with Sugar, which was based on his time spent on the street.
[2] It starred Shenae Grimes as the title character Sugar, as well as Marshall Allman, Corbin Bleu, Will Peltz, Nastassja Kinski, and Wes Studi.
In 2013, Rainwater began work on a feature documentary, Lost in America,[3] which premiered in the UK in October 2018.