CONCRETE COWBOY
(Netflix)
In Northern Philadelphia, the sight of Black men and women on horseback, actual urban cowboys, is a common sight. They follow the more than a century old tradition of ending to and riding the animals within the city.
Co-writer (with Dan Walser) and director Ricky Staub based his film on âGhetto Cowboy,â a novel by Greg Nero.
Cowboys in Philadelphiaâs horse riding culture, the Fletcher Street Urban Riding Club, run into trouble with law enforcement and city officials, who favor Philadelphia continuing on the path of gentrification. Into this strange world, troubled Cole (Caleb McLaughlin) of Detroit is left with his father Harp (Idris Elba), a man who has a horse staying in his living room.