The River Niger(1976)

movie - first aired/released 1976-04-14 - 105 min - audience 6.7

Drama

Directed by Krishna Shah

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.