The River Niger

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

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.

Director

Krishna Shah

Screenplay

Joseph A. Walker

Status

Released

Release date

14/04/1976

Original language

English