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.
Stars: Oprah Winfrey, Maya Angelou, Keith David, Mark Lane, Norman D. Golden II, Vonte Sweet
Crew: Alex Kotlowitz (Book), Bobby Smith Jr. (Teleplay), James A. Miller (Gaffer), Linda Perlin (Stunts), Anita W. Addison (Director)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: LOMO Productions
Runtime: 120 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Nov 28, 1993
IMDb: 5.5
Keywords:ghetto
