6.8 /10 1 Votes
Directed by Sam Firstenberg Music by Paul Loomis Initial release 24 September 1990 Cinematography Ken Lamkin | 6.7/10 IMDb Written by Samuel Vance Edited by Marcus Manton Director Sam Firstenberg Editor Marcus Manton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Regina Dale
Troy Dale
Norman Stevens
Samuel Vance Starring Steve James
Margaret Avery Cast Steve James, Margaret Avery Similar Avenging Force, Behind Enemy Lines, The Exterminator, Three the Hard Way, Changing the Game | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Riverbend trailer 1989
Riverbend is a 1989 film directed by Sam Firstenberg. The screenplay was written by Samuel Vance, who produced the film.
Contents
Plot
Three rebellious African-American army officers 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.
Availability
Although the film is not available on DVD, it can be found on VHS on sites such as Amazon.com.