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.
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.
The new movie is inspired by the novel “Ghetto Cowboy” by
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.”
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Concrete Cowboy Trailer Starring Idris Elba & Caleb McLaughlin
Netflix has released the official
Concrete Cowboy trailer starring Idris Elba (
Luther,
Stranger Things,
Ghetto Cowboy written by G. Neri,
Concrete Cowboy is a moving father-son drama about a teen caught between a life of crime and his estranged father’s vibrant urban-cowboy subculture. The movie, based on the real-life Fletcher Street cowboys, is set to be released on the streamer on April 2, 2021. You can check out the trailer now in the player below!
When fifteen-year-old Cole (Caleb McLaughlin) is expelled from school in Detroit, he is sent to North Philadelphia to live with Harp (Idris 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 commu