Riverbend (film)

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1990 American film

Riverbend

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Directed by| Sam Firstenberg
Written by| Samuel Vance
Produced by| Regina Dale
Troy Dale
Norman Stevens
Samuel Vance
Starring| Steve James
Margaret Avery
Cinematography| Ken Lamkin
Edited by| Marcus Manton
Music by| Paul Loomis

Production
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Prism Entertainment Corporation

Release date

* September 24, 1990 (1990-09-24)

Running time

| 106 minutes
Country| United States

Riverbend is a 1989 film directed by Sam Firstenberg. The screenplay was written by Samuel Vance, who produced the film.

## Plot

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Three rebellious African-American army soldiers disobey orders in Vietnam and refuse to destroy a village inhabited with innocent people. They are sent to Georgia and are going to be court-martialed. The officers know that justice will not be served and manage to escape. The fugitives end up in the small town of Riverbend, taking refuge in the home of a sympathetic widow. The town is controlled by a brutal, racist sheriff who kills those opposing him and takes whatever he wants from the terrified residents. This bothers one of the officers who, with plans to take down the sheriff, convinces the others to help him create a secret training camp in the woods. They then begin recruiting the local African-Americans men and training them for combat. When they are prepared, the angry rebels take over the town, incarcerate the sheriff and all his cohorts and hold the rest of the town hostage in a church until their demands for media attention and an end to racism are met.

## Principal cast

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Actor | Role

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Steve James | Maj. Samuel Quentin
Margaret Avery | Bell Coleman
Tony Frank | Sheriff Jake
Julius Tennon | Sgt. Tony Marx
Tyrees Allen | Gus

## Availability

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Although the film is not available on DVD, it can be found on VHS on sites such as Amazon.com.[1]

## References

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1. ^ Riverbend [VHS]: Steve James, Margaret Avery, Tony Frank: Video. ASIN 6302174686.

## External links

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* Riverbend at IMDb
* The official trailer for Riverbend

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Films directed by Sam Firstenberg

* One More Chance (1981)
* Revenge of the Ninja (1983)
* Ninja III: The Domination (1984)
* Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984)
* American Ninja (1985)
* Avenging Force (1986)
* American Ninja 2: The Confrontation (1987)
* Riverbend (1989)
* Delta Force 3: The Killing Game (1991)
* American Samurai (1992)
* Cyborg Cop (1993)
* Cyborg Cop II (1994)
* Operation Delta Force (1996)
* The Alternate (2000)
* Quicksand (2002)

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