The River Niger

Name: The River Niger
Director: Krishna Shah
Genre: Drama
Released: 1976-04-14
Duration: 1 h 45 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: James Earl Jones, Cicely Tyson, Louis Gossett Jr., Glynn Turman, Jonelle Allen

Directed by Krishna Shah

Drama

19761h 45m6.8

Overview

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.