The River Niger (1976)

Directors

Krishna Shah

Cast

Cicely Tyson, Glynn Turman, James Earl Jones, Jonelle Allen, Louis Gossett Jr., Roger E. Mosley, Shirley Jo Finney, Teddy Wilson, Tony Burton

The story

Johnny Williams (James Earl Jones) is a working house painter and amateur poet who is trying to live in a contemporary ghetto in Watts, Los Angeles, California. Though he is trying to provide for his almost stable family, times are hard. Johnny's main pride and joy, his son Jeff (played by Glynn Turman) just returned from U.S.

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