Concrete Cowboy.
First-time filmmaker
Ricky Staub premiered the flick at the Toronto International Film Festival back in September 2020. The drama will now make its Netflix debut on April 2, starring 19-year-old actor
Caleb McLaughlin along with 48-year-old
Idris Elbawho plays his estranged father.
Byron Bowers, Lorraine Toussaint, and
Clifford “Method Man” Smith are also included as cast.
In the aftermath of his suspension from a Detroit school, 15-year-old Cole (McLaughlin) is sent to live with his dad, Harp (Elba), in Philadelphia. Harp’s peace is found in the rehabilitation of horses for inner-city cowboys at the Fletcher Street Stables. For more than 100 years, this “real-life Black urban horsemanship community” has provided safe quarters for local residents.