The River Niger

The River Niger  - Movie (1976)

Some rivers can't be dammed...some people won't be broken.

Original title

The River Niger

Released

4/14/1976

Origin country

US

Genre

Drama

Production companies

River Niger Company, Asanti Productions Inc., Gossett Enterprises

Budget

Revenue

Runtime

1hr 45min

Description

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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