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The River Niger
The River Niger
Actors: Cicely Tyson; James Earl Jones; Louis Gossett Jr.; Glynn Turman; Jonelle Allen; Roger E. Mosley; Ralph Wilcox; Teddy Wilson; Charles Weldon; Shirley Jo Finney; Hilda Haynes; Zakes Mokae; Ed Crick; Tony Burton, Krishna Shah, James Earl Jones, Cicely Tyson
Director: Krishna Shah
Genres: Drama, African American Cinema
R     2000     1hr 45min

The River Niger is a Tony Award-Winning Broadway Play Adapted for the Big Screen. DVD Features: Digitally Mastered; Interactive Menus; Chapter Selections; Quiz

     
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Actors: Cicely Tyson; James Earl Jones; Louis Gossett Jr.; Glynn Turman; Jonelle Allen; Roger E. Mosley; Ralph Wilcox; Teddy Wilson; Charles Weldon; Shirley Jo Finney; Hilda Haynes; Zakes Mokae; Ed Crick; Tony Burton, Krishna Shah, James Earl Jones, Cicely Tyson
Director: Krishna Shah
Genres: Drama, African American Cinema
Sub-Genres: Drama, African American Cinema
Studio: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Format: DVD - Color,Full Screen
DVD Release Date: 11/01/2000
Release Year: 2000
Run Time: 1hr 45min
Screens: Color,Full Screen
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Total Copies: 0
Members Wishing: 1
MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Languages: English
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K. K. (GAMER)
Reviewed on 11/13/2023...
Strong start and then to slow burn and then 120X FF and a quick eject! Film legends James Earl Jones and Louis Gossett Jr. are in this if you are fans!

Movie Reviews

What's wrong with these people?
Huey Newton | 02/03/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I find it hard to believe those pitiful less that 5-star reviews of this move. Obviously it just went over their heads. This movie is absolutely awsome!! From the opening credits with the backdrop music by the legenday soul/rock/funk band WAR to the very end when Cicily Tyson urges the youths to not screw up what had been accomplished by Daddy Johnny (James Earl Jones) this movie screams to the heart. Either those reviewers have no clue as to what it is like to struggle and live in a ghetto or they could just simply care less. Ignorant. Speaking on things they have no clue about. Anyone who wants a slice of a dream; A beautiful, poetic dream, needs to see this movie. Is it a hollywood masterpiece, filled with explosions, nudity, special effects, and glamor people? No. It is a gut-bucket, poetry, and music-laced ride that will certainly warm the African-American soul and any others who can comprhend where we are coming from."
Compelling
Roy Williams | College Pk, GA United States | 12/24/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Not often will you find such Great actors as Cicely Tyson, Louis Gossett, James Earl Jones, Glynn Turman ant Teddy Wilson in the same movie....A compelling story, set at the end of the Civil Rights Era, and the resulting transition of the leftover radicals..With the poetry of Langston Hughes, and a rocking soundtrack By War...This Is one of the best movies you can see..."
WHERE HOPE AND DREAMS COME AT A HIGH PRICE
Roy Williams | 09/21/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Starring James Earl Jones, Cicely Tyson and Louis Gossett., Jr. James Earl Jones is riveting, and Cicely Tyson is fantastic in this wonderful adaptation of the Tony award-winning play about life in the ghetto. Realistic emotions and believable characters make for an incredible and moving experience for all."