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The River Niger

(1976-04-14)

1976-04-14 • Drama • 1h 45m

movie
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The River Niger (1976-04-14)

1976-04-14 • Drama • 1h 45m

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.

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.

About

Status

Released

Original Language

en

Production Companies

River Niger CompanyAsanti Productions Inc.Gossett Enterprises

About

Status

Released

Original Language

en

Production

River Niger Company

Asanti Productions Inc.

Gossett Enterprises

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Cast

James Earl Jones

James Earl Jone...

Johnny Williams

Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson

Mattie Williams

Louis Gossett Jr.

Louis Gossett J...

Dr. Dudley Stanton

Glynn Turman

Glynn Turman

Jeff Williams

Jonelle Allen

Jonelle Allen

Ann Vanderguild

Roger E. Mosley

Roger E. Mosley

Big Moe Hayes

Ralph Wilcox

Ralph Wilcox

Al

Teddy Wilson

Teddy Wilson

Chips

Charles Weldon

Charles Weldon

Skeeter

Shirley Jo Finney

Shirley Jo Finn...

Gail

Hilda Haynes

Wilhelmina Geneva Brow

Ed Crick

Ed Crick

White Police Lieutenant

Tony Burton

Tony Burton

Black Policeman

Zakes Mokae

Zakes Mokae

Cast

James Earl Jones

James Earl Jone...

Johnny Williams

Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson

Mattie Williams

Louis Gossett Jr.

Louis Gossett J...

Dr. Dudley Stanton

Glynn Turman

Glynn Turman

Jeff Williams

Jonelle Allen

Jonelle Allen

Ann Vanderguild

Roger E. Mosley

Roger E. Mosley

Big Moe Hayes

Ralph Wilcox

Ralph Wilcox

Al

Teddy Wilson

Teddy Wilson

Chips

Charles Weldon

Charles Weldon

Skeeter

Shirley Jo Finney

Shirley Jo Finn...

Gail

Hilda Haynes

Wilhelmina Geneva Brow

Ed Crick

Ed Crick

White Police Lieutenant

Tony Burton

Tony Burton

Black Policeman

Zakes Mokae

Zakes Mokae