---
title: 'Riverbend (1989)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Sam Firstenberg'
released: '1989-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 106
genres:
  - 'Action'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/riverbend-1989'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100500/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Riverbend (1989)

1989 · 106 min · Action, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

Riverbend is a 1989 American independent action-drama film directed by Sam Firstenberg. It was written and produced by Samuel Vance and Valerie Coleman Vance (uncredited). Set in the segregated South during the Civil Rights era, it stars Steve James. The film follows three Black Vietnam War soldiers who, after escaping a corrupt court-martial, arrive in a small Georgia town terrorized by a racist sheriff and lead the Black residents in an armed uprising for justice and self-determination.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Sam Firstenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-firstenberg)

## Cast

- [Steve James](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-james)
- [Margaret Avery](https://cinepixo.com/people/margaret-avery)

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