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.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
3 audience votes
Key crew
- Anita W. AddisonDirector
Cast
- Oprah WinfreyLaJoe Rivers
- Maya AngelouLelia Mae
- Keith DavidJohn Paul Rivers
- Mark LaneLafayette Rivers
- Norman D. Golden IIPharoah Rivers
- Vonte SweetCraig
- Crystal Laws GreenRochelle
Themes
ghetto