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.
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.
Top Cast
James Earl Jones
Character: Johnny Williams
Cicely Tyson
Character: Mattie Williams
Louis Gossett Jr.
Character: Dr. Dudley Stanton
Glynn Turman
Character: Jeff Williams
Jonelle Allen
Character: Ann Vanderguild
Roger E. Mosley
Character: Big Moe Hayes
Ralph Wilcox
Character: Al
Teddy Wilson
Character: Chips
Charles Weldon
Character: Skeeter
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