01907cgm a2200409 4500 361453176 TxAuBib 20090407120000.0 080424s2003||||||||||||||||||||||v|eng|u 096009003098 (OCoLC)226233553 INT INT TxAuBib The river Niger [video (DVD)] / produced by Sidney Beckerman and Isaac L. Jones ; directed by Krishna Shah. [United States : Echo Bridge Home Entertainment, 2003. 1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. Originally released in 1976. Cinematographer, Michael D. Margulies; editor, Irving Lerner. Cicely Tyson, James Earl Jones, Louis Gossett, Jr., Glynn E. Turman, Roger E. Mosley, Jonelle Allen, Theodore Wilson, Charles Weldon. "In this gripping, intimate look at life in the ghetto, Johnny Williams is a house panter that 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." -- Container. DVD. 20090407. African American families Drama. Poor families United States Drama. Feature films. Margulies, Michael D. Lerner, Irving. Jones, James Earl. Tyson, Cicely. Gossett, Louis, 1936- Turman, Glynn E. Mosley, Roger E. Allen, Jonelle. Wilson, Theodore. Weldon, Charles. Walker, Joseph A., 1935- Echo Bridge Home Entertainment (Firm).