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    The River Niger

    The River Niger

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

    1976

    1:45:06

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    6.8/10 (4)

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    Genre

    Drama

    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.

    Director

    Krishna Shah

    Writers

    Joseph A. Walker,

    Stars

    James Earl Jones, Cicely Tyson, Louis Gossett Jr., Glynn Turman, Jonelle Allen,