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The River Niger
From River Niger Company · Asanti Productions Inc. · Gossett Enterprises
Some rivers can't be dammed...some people won't be broken.
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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.
Cast & crew
Directed by Krishna Shah
James Earl JonesJohnny Williams
Cicely TysonMattie Williams
Louis Gossett Jr.Dr. Dudley Stanton
Glynn TurmanJeff WilliamsJonelle AllenAnn Vanderguild
Roger E. MosleyBig Moe Hayes
Ralph WilcoxAl
Teddy WilsonChips
Charles WeldonSkeeter
Shirley Jo FinneyGailHilda HaynesWilhelmina Geneva Brow
Ed CrickWhite Police Lieutenant
