Riverbend (film)

For other uses, see Riverbend.

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

Riverbend
VHS cover
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 company	Prism Entertainment Corporation
Release date	September 24, 1990 (1990-09-24)
Running time	106 minutes
Country	United States

Plot

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

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

Availability

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

External links

• Riverbend at IMDb
• Riverbend at AllMovie
• The official trailer for Riverbend