The River Niger (1976)

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

Directed by Krishna Shah1h 45mDrama

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.

Rated

R

Year

1976

Country

US

Language

English

Release date

14 April 1976

TMDB

6.7 (6)

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James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones

Johnny Williams

Cicely Tyson

Mattie Williams

Louis Gossett Jr.

Louis Gossett Jr.

Dr. Dudley Stanton

Glynn Turman

Ann Vanderguild

Roger E. Mosley

Roger E. Mosley

Ralph Wilcox

Teddy Wilson

Charles Weldon

Shirley Jo Finney

Shirley Jo Finney

Wilhelmina Geneva Brow

Ed Crick

White Police Lieutenant

Tony Burton

Black Policeman

Zakes Mokae

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