Overview

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.

Cast

Oprah Winfrey, Maya Angelou, Keith David, Mark Lane, Norman D. Golden II, Vonte Sweet, Crystal Laws Green

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What is "There Are No Children Here" about?

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.

When was "There Are No Children Here" released?

There Are No Children Here was released in 1993.

Who stars in "There Are No Children Here"?

The cast includes Oprah Winfrey, Maya Angelou, Keith David, Mark Lane.

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