Movie: There Are No Children Here

Top 7 Billed Cast

Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey

LaJoe Rivers

Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou

Lelia Mae

Keith David
Keith David

John Paul Rivers

Mark Lane
Mark Lane

Lafayette Rivers

Norman D. Golden II
Norman D. Golden II

Pharoah Rivers

Vonte Sweet
Vonte Sweet

Craig

Crystal Laws Green
Crystal Laws Green

Rochelle

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1993-11-28

  • Average

    5.5

  • Rating:

    2.8 starts
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  • Languages:

    English
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