The River Niger

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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  Krishna Shah

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  James Earl Jones
  Johnny Williams
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  Cicely Tyson
  Mattie Williams
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  Louis Gossett Jr.
  Dr. Dudley Stanton
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  Glynn Turman
  Jeff Williams
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  Jonelle Allen
  Ann Vanderguild
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  Roger E. Mosley
  Big Moe Hayes
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  Ralph Wilcox
  Al
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  Teddy Wilson
  Chips
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  Charles Weldon
  Skeeter
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  Shirley Jo Finney
  Gail
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  Hilda Haynes
  Wilhelmina Geneva Brow
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  Ed Crick
  White Police Lieutenant
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  Tony Burton
  Black Policeman
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  Zakes Mokae