The River Niger (1976)

Directed by

Krishna Shah

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

R

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

The film follows a black family in Harlem struggling with personal and societal pressures. It centers on a working-class painter and poet facing his past and his son's changing views.

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What happens

The River Niger is a 1976 film adaptation of the 1972 Joseph A. Walker play of the same title. The film was directed by Krishna Shah, and starred James Earl Jones, Cicely Tyson, and Louis Gossett Jr. The film had a limited commercial release in 1976 and has rarely been seen in later years. The soundtrack is by War, including the theme song "River Niger". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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