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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.

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Top billed cast

  • Photo of Oprah WinfreyOprah WinfreyLaJoe Rivers
  • Photo of Maya AngelouMaya AngelouLelia Mae
  • Photo of Keith DavidKeith DavidJohn Paul Rivers
  • Photo of Mark LaneMark LaneLafayette Rivers
  • Photo of Norman D. Golden IINorman D. Golden IIPharoah Rivers
  • Photo of Vonte SweetVonte SweetCraig
  • Photo of Crystal Laws GreenCrystal Laws GreenRochelle

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