Concrete Cowboy (2020)

Directed by

Ricky Staub

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 51m

Rated

R

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 211 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenager from Detroit is sent to live with his estranged father in Philadelphia. He discovers his father runs a stable and is part of a community of Black horseback riders. The boy must navigate his troubled past and find his place in this unusual world.

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What happens

Concrete Cowboy is a 2020 American coming-of-age Western drama film directed by Ricky Staub from a screenplay by Staub and Dan Walser. Based on the novel Ghetto Cowboy by Greg Neri, it was inspired by the real urban African-American horseriding culture of Philadelphia, specifically, the Fletcher Street Urban Riding Club. It stars Idris Elba, Caleb McLaughlin, Jharrel Jerome, Byron Bowers, Lorraine Toussaint, and Clifford "Method Man" Smith. While the film is completely fictional, several real members of the Fletcher Street riding community play supporting characters who give voice to real issues that the community faces. Concrete Cowboy had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 14, 2020, and was digitally released on Netflix on April 2, 2021. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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