The River Niger

Name: The River Niger
Director: Krishna Shah
Released: 1976-04-14
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: James Earl Jones, Cicely Tyson, Louis Gossett Jr., Glynn Turman, Jonelle Allen

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

Apr 14, 1976 · 1h 45m · Drama

⭐ 6.8· 4 votes

Director Krishna Shah

Writer Joseph A. Walker

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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.