The River Niger
“Some rivers can't be dammed...some people won't be broken.”
- 1976
- 1h 45m
- R
★ 6.7 TMDB Rating · 6 votes
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
- Release date
- Apr 14, 1976
- Original language
- English
- Origin
- United States
Cast of The River Niger
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
Ralph Wilcox
Al
Teddy Wilson
Chips
Charles Weldon
Skeeter
Shirley Jo Finney
Gail
Hilda Haynes
Wilhelmina Geneva Brow
Ed Crick
White Police Lieutenant
Where to Stream The River Niger by Country
- United States
- Streaming on fuboTV, Philo, MGM Plus
- United Kingdom
- Streaming on Artiflix
- India
- Streaming on Artiflix
- Canada
- Streaming on Artiflix
- Australia
- Streaming on Artiflix
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The River Niger release dates by country
The River Niger was released in cinemas on Apr 14, 1976 (United States).
| Country | In cinemas | Digital | Age rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Apr 14, 1976 | — | R |
Digital = first release online to rent, buy or stream. Dates as reported to TMDB.
