1976
6.8 (4 votes)
1h 45m
Genres
Drama
Production Companies
River Niger Company
Asanti Productions Inc.
Gossett Enterprises
Asanti Productions Inc.
Gossett Enterprises
The River Niger
Some rivers can't be dammed...some people won't be broken.
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director: Krishna Shah
Producer: Sidney Beckerman, Ike Jones
Director of Photography: Michael D. Margulies
