The River Niger

The River Niger

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

R 1976 · 105 min · ★ 6.7 · Drama

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.

Directed by Krishna Shah · Written by Joseph A. Walker

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James Earl Jones Johnny Williams
Cicely Tyson Mattie Williams
Louis Gossett Jr. Dr. Dudley Stanton
Glynn Turman Jeff Williams
Jonelle Allen Ann Vanderguild
Roger E. Mosley Big Moe Hayes
Ralph Wilcox Al
Teddy Wilson Chips
Charles Weldon Skeeter
Shirley Jo Finney Gail
Hilda Haynes Wilhelmina Geneva Brow
Ed Crick White Police Lieutenant

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