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1976

The River Niger

Directed by Krishna Shah
Some rivers can't be dammed...some people won't be broken.

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.

Duration

1h 45m

Released

April 14, 1976

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Cast14

  • James Earl Jones
  • Cicely Tyson
  • Louis Gossett Jr.
  • Glynn Turman
  • Jonelle Allen
  • Roger E. Mosley
  • Ralph Wilcox
  • Teddy Wilson
  • Charles Weldon

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