The River Niger
6.1
“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.
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14 people
James Earl Jones
Johnny Williams
Known for
Obi-Wan Kenobi
The Lion King
Cicely Tyson
Mattie Williams
Known for
The Help
Fried Green Tomatoes
Louis Gossett Jr.
Dr. Dudley Stanton
Known for
Watchmen
Enemy Mine
Glynn Turman
Jeff Williams
Known for
The Wire
House of Lies
Jonelle Allen
Ann Vanderguild
Known for
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
The Midnight Hour
Roger E. Mosley
Big Moe Hayes
Known for
Magnum, P.I.
Unlawful Entry
Ralph Wilcox
Al
Known for
MegaForce
Cop & ½
Teddy Wilson
Chips
Known for
Bound by Honor
Life Stinks
Charles Weldon
Skeeter
Known for
Stir Crazy
Shirley Jo Finney
Gail
Also in
Wilma
Echo Park
Hilda Haynes
Wilhelmina Geneva Brow
Known for
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
Ed Crick
White Police Lieutenant
Known for
Wedlock
Scissors
Krishna Shah Director · Joseph A. Walker Writer Michael D. Margulies Cinematographer
United States release April 14, 1976 · Produced in United States · Production Asanti Productions Inc., Gossett Enterprises
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River Niger Company
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Asanti Productions Inc.
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Gossett Enterprises
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United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · April 14, 1976
Theatrical
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