The River Niger

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

The River Niger — Plot

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.

• Release date
• April 14, 1976
• Runtime
• 105 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Krishna Shah

The River Niger — Cast

James Earl Jones Johnny Williams Cicely Tyson Mattie Williams Louis Gossett Jr. Dr. Dudley Stanton Glynn Turman Jeff Williams

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Jonelle Allen Ann Vanderguild Roger E. Mosley Big Moe Hayes Ralph Wilcox Al Teddy Wilson Chips