Drama · United States of America · 1976 · 1h 45m

The River Niger

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Director
Krishna Shah
Cast
James Earl Jones as Johnny Williams Cicely Tyson as Mattie Williams Louis Gossett Jr. as Dr. Dudley Stanton Glynn Turman as Jeff Williams Jonelle Allen as Ann Vanderguild Roger E. Mosley as Big Moe Hayes
Crew
Michael D. Margulies — Director of Photography Irving Lerner — Editor Joseph A. Walker — Writer Sidney Beckerman — Producer Ike Jones — Producer Seymour Klate — Production Design
Tagline

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

Synopsis

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.

Key Collaborators
Krishna Shah Director Michael D. Margulies Director of Photography Irving Lerner Editor Joseph A. Walker Writer Sidney Beckerman Producer Ike Jones Producer Seymour Klate Production Design
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