Jessica KourkounisNetflix
Gentrification, or what can also be described as modern-day colonialism, has always been an invasive parasitic process and a severe detriment to the Black community. In North Philadelphia’s Strawberry Mansion neighborhood, gentrification and harmful city mandates are threatening the survival of the Fletcher Street Urban Riding Club (FSURC), a Black-owned and -operated horseback-riding group that mentors neighborhood children by teaching the century-long tradition of urban horsemanship. The community s fight has gained plenty of media coverage and, more recently, has made its way to the screen with Netflix’s
The film introduces a new kind of Western, one that isn’t set on the ranch, but instead on busy city streets. It features Caleb McLaughlin as Cole, a teen who after getting in trouble at school is sent to live with his estranged father and Fletcher Street stable owner, Harp (played by Idris Elba). The story is 100 percent fictionalized and based