River Niger, The 1976

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.

Genre: Black Heritage Features
Starring: James Earl Jones, Cicely Tyson, Glynn Turman, Lou Gossett, Robert E. Mosley, Jonelle Allen
Year: 1976
Color/BW: Color
Movie Type: Movies
Decade: 1970s
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