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There Are No Children Here

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There Are No Children Here

5.5

2h 0m

1993

Synopsis

The devastating story of brothers Lafayette and Pharoah Rivers, children of the Chicago ghetto, is powerfully told here by a Wall Street Journal reporter who first met the boys in 1985 when they were 10 and 7, 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.

Director

Anita W. Addison

DramaTV Movie

ghetto

Cast & Crew

Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey

as LaJoe Rivers

Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou

as Lelia Mae

Keith David

Keith David

as John Paul Rivers

Mark Lane

as Lafayette Rivers

Norman D. Golden II

Norman D. Golden II

as Pharoah Rivers

Vonte Sweet

Vonte Sweet

as Craig

Crystal Laws Green

as Rochelle

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