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The River Niger (1976) on Netflix

R19761h 45mDrama

Johnny Williams paints houses in Watts and writes poetry, and money is tight. His wife Mattie is being treated for a returning cancer. Their son Jeff is home from flight school.

  • Netflix3.1/5
  • IMDb6.1/10338 votes
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Plot summary

Johnny Williams is a working house painter in Watts, in Los Angeles, California, and he is an amateur poet. Times are hard and money is short in the neighborhood, and Johnny takes painting jobs to keep his household going. Mattie, his wife, is ailing, and the cancer she has is recurring. Jeff, the son who is Johnny's pride and joy, has just come home from U.S. Air Force flight school. Dr. Dudley Stanton is Johnny's physician friend, and he treats Mattie and buys the poems Johnny writes. The doctor is among the few people trying to help Johnny and his family.

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