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The River Niger (1976)

R ★ 6.8/10 105 min Drama United States English
Director: Krishna Shah
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Some rivers can't be dammed...some people won't be broken.

Description

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.

Top Cast

James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones Johnny Williams
Cicely Tyson
Cicely Tyson Mattie Williams
Louis Gossett Jr.
Louis Gossett Jr. Dr. Dudley Stanton
Glynn Turman
Glynn Turman Jeff Williams
Jonelle Allen Ann Vanderguild
Roger E. Mosley
Roger E. Mosley Big Moe Hayes
Ralph Wilcox
Ralph Wilcox Al
Teddy Wilson
Teddy Wilson Chips

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