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If you know your history, the concept of a Black cowboy will not seem foreign. They’re part of a rich American story that spans centuries and seldom goes explored in cinema or in reality. Netflix’s “Concrete Cowboy” explores a more recent iteration of this culture, the Black “urban cowboys” who have populated North Philadelphia for the past 100 years. While I admit I would have preferred a documentary about the people who have passed this tradition down from generation to generation, director Ricky Staub’s fictional feature serves as a worthwhile introduction. Like “Nomadland,” this film features real-life members of the community playing themselves alongside big name actors like Idris Elba, Jharrel Jerome, and the always welcome Lorraine Toussaint.
Here’s a synopsis: When fifteen year-old Cole (
McLaughlin) is expelled from school in Detroit, he is sent to North Philadelphia to live with Harp (
Elba), his estranged father. Harp finds solace in rehabilitating horses for inner city cowboys at the Fletcher Street Stables, a real-life black urban horsemanship community that has provided a safe haven for the neighborhood residents for more than 100 years.
Torn between his growing respect for his father’s community and his reemerging friendship with troubled cousin Smush (
Jerome), Cole begins to reprioritize his life as the stables themselves are threatened by encroaching gentrification.
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Here’s the summary of
Concrete Cowboy: When 15-year-old Cole (
McLaughlin) is expelled from school in Detroit, he is sent to North Philadelphia to live with Harp (
Elba), his estranged father.
Harp finds solace in rehabilitating horses for inner city cowboys at the Fletcher Street Stables, a real-life black urban horsemanship community that has provided a safe haven for the neighborhood residents for more than 100 years.
Torn between his growing respect for his father’s community and his reemerging friendship with troubled cousin Smush (
Jerome), Cole begins to reprioritize his life as the stables themselves are threatened by encroaching gentrification.”