There Are No Children Here (1993)
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.
- Date of release
- 1993-11-28
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 2h 0m
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Director
- Anita W. Addison
Casting
- 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
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