The River Niger

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

★ 6.81976105 minReleased

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.