The River Niger
- 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.
Release Date : 1976-04-14
Language :English
Adult : false
Status : Released
Production Company : River Niger CompanyAsanti Productions Inc.Gossett Enterprises
Production Country : United States of America
Alternative Titles :
Cast
Character Name : Johnny Williams
Original Name : James Earl Jones
Gender : Male
Character Name : Mattie Williams
Original Name : Cicely Tyson
Gender : Female
Character Name : Dr. Dudley Stanton
Original Name : Louis Gossett Jr.
Gender : Male
Character Name : Jeff Williams
Original Name : Glynn Turman
Gender : Male
Character Name : Ann Vanderguild
Original Name : Jonelle Allen
Gender : Female
Character Name : Big Moe Hayes
Original Name : Roger E. Mosley
Gender : Male
Character Name : Al
Original Name : Ralph Wilcox
Gender : Male
Character Name : Chips
Original Name : Teddy Wilson
Gender : Male
Character Name : Skeeter
Original Name : Charles Weldon
Gender : Male
Character Name : Gail
Original Name : Shirley Jo Finney
Gender : Female
Character Name : Wilhelmina Geneva Brow
Original Name : Hilda Haynes
Gender : Female
Character Name : White Police Lieutenant
Original Name : Ed Crick
Gender : Male
Character Name : Black Policeman
Original Name : Tony Burton
Gender : Male
Character Name :
Original Name : Zakes Mokae
Gender : Male
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