There Are No Children Here

Synopsis

From Publishers Weekly The devastating story of brothers Lafayette and Pharoah Rivers, children of the Chicago ghetto, is powerfully told here by Kotlowitz, a Wall Street Journal reporter who first met the boys in 1985 when they were 10 and seven, 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.

Main Cast

Oprah Winfrey

LaJoe Rivers

Age : 70 | Popularity : 7%

Maya Angelou

Lelia Mae

Age : 86 | Popularity : 4%

Keith David

John Paul Rivers

Age : 67 | Popularity : 39%

Mark Lane

Lafayette Rivers

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Norman D. Golden II

Pharoah Rivers

Age : 40 | Popularity : 3%

Vonte Sweet

Craig

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crystal Laws Green

Rochelle

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Teleplay	Bobby Smith Jr.
	Book	Alex Kotlowitz
Directing	Director	Anita W. Addison
Crew	Stunts	Linda Perlin
Lighting	Gaffer	James A. Miller
Department	Role	Name

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