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: Drama
Stars: James Earl Jones, Cicely Tyson, Louis Gossett Jr., Glynn Turman, Jonelle Allen, Roger E. Mosley
Crew: Krishna Shah (Director), War (Music), Dan Perri (Title Designer), Reuben Cannon (Casting), Frank Lombardo (Set Decoration), Irving Lerner (Editor)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: River Niger Company, Asanti Productions Inc., Gossett Enterprises
Runtime: 105 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Apr 14, 1976
IMDb: 3.7
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