1993 • NR • 2h
5.5/10
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From Publishers Weekly The devastating story of brothers Lafayette and Pharoah Rivers, children of t From Publishers Weekly The devastating story of brothers Lafayette and Pharoah Rivers, children of the Chicago ghetto, is powerfully told here by Kotlowitz, a Wall Street Journal reporter who first met the boys in 1985 when they were 10 and seven, respectively. Their family includes a mother, a frequently absent father, an older brother and younger triplets. We witness the horrors of growing up in an ill-maintained housing project tyrannized by drug gangs and where murders and shootings frequently occur.
5.5/10
(2 users) Cast / Crew 
Oprah Winfrey LaJoe Rivers 
Maya Angelou Lelia Mae 
Keith David John Paul Rivers 
Mark Lane Lafayette Rivers 
Norman D. Golden II Pharoah Rivers 
Vonte Sweet Craig Crystal Laws Green Rochelle Alex Kotlowitz Book Bobby Smith Jr. Teleplay James A. Miller Gaffer 
Linda Perlin Stunts Anita W. Addison Director
Oprah Winfrey LaJoe Rivers Maya Angelou Lelia Mae Keith David John Paul Rivers Mark Lane Lafayette Rivers Norman D. Golden II Pharoah Rivers Vonte Sweet Craig Crystal Laws Green Rochelle Alex Kotlowitz Book Bobby Smith Jr. Teleplay James A. Miller Gaffer Linda Perlin Stunts Anita W. Addison Director
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