The River Niger
The River Niger
1976-04-14
105
Released
Some rivers can't be dammed...some people won't be broken.
Overview
An intimate look at life in the ghetto: Johnny Williams is a house painter who moonlights as a poet, struggling to financially and emotionally support his cancer-ridden wife Mattie. But times are tough and the poverty-troubled streets are even tougher, and it takes every ounce of Johnny's love and courage for the couple to make it through their strife, finding redemption in the River Niger.
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James Earl Jone
Johnny Williams
Cicely Tyson
Mattie Williams
Louis Gossett J
Dr. Dudley Stanton
Glynn Turman
Jeff Williams
Jonelle Allen
Ann Vanderguild
Roger E. Mosley
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