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.

Average Score : 73

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

Status: Released

Release Date: 1976-04-14

Geners Drama

Production Companies River Niger Company Asanti Productions Inc. Gossett Enterprises

Production Countries United States of America,

Run time: 105 minutes

Budget: --

Revenue: --