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The River Niger (1976)

The River Niger (1976)

Drama

Some rivers can't be dammed...some people won't be broken.

Release Date: 1976, April 14
Directors: Krishna Shah
Countries: United States of America
Production: River Niger Company, Asanti Productions Inc., Gossett Enterprises, Asanti Productions Inc., Gossett Enterprises
Cast: James Earl Jones, Tony Burton, Cicely Tyson, Glynn Turman, Louis Gossett Jr., Teddy Wilson, Charles Weldon, Roger E. Mosley, Jonelle Allen, Ralph Wilcox, Ed Crick, Shirley Jo Finney

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.