1976 movie “The River Niger” starring Cicely Tyson, James Earl Jones, Louis Gossett Jr., Glynn Turmann, Jonelle Allen, Roger E. Mosely and Tedy Wilson.
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.
Title: The River Niger
Duration: 1:44:24
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Category: African American
Added on: December 4th, 2012
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