The River Niger 1976

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.

Cast:

James Earl Jones
Johnny Williams 

Cicely Tyson
Mattie Williams 

Louis Gossett Jr.
Dr. Dudley Stanton 

Glynn Turman
Jeff Williams 

Jonelle Allen
Ann Vanderguild 

Roger E. Mosley
Big Moe Hayes