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"Concrete Cowboys," starring Idris Elba, Caleb McLaughlin, Jharrel Jerome, and Method Man, is now streaming on Netflix. The film, which is shining a spotlight...
The little-known history of the Black ‘Concrete Cowboy’ In Philadelphia, a Black cowboy in a white undershirt and a gold chain wrangles a wayward horse. Teens pile hay and clean up manure near brick row houses. Men and women ride cantering horses down a city street as cars pass by. These are scenes from “Concrete Cowboy,” a new Netflix movie starring Idris Elba and Caleb McLaughlin. But they’re also the reality in parts of north Philly, where the movie was filmed and a subculture of urban Black cowboys has existed for more than a century. “It’s a real community that exists right...
Father-son duo in chaps and Stetson hats Concrete Cowboy relies on cliches and familiar narratives in telling real-life story published : 9 Apr 2021 at 04:00 Idris Elba and Caleb McLaughlin in Concrete Cowboy. (Photos © NETFLIX) There is something about British actor Idris Elba and his unique persona that draws him to Westerns and cowboy-type stories. Last time we saw him in a cowboy hat and holding twin revolvers was in the Stephen King's Western fantasy adaptation The Dark Tower (2017), Elba has two more Western-themed films scheduled this year, the action film The...
By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer April 7, 2021 5 It feels like a tale as old as time: Wayward teenage son meets up with estranged father, one needing some straightening out, the other some serious humanizing. Can they connect? But if that’s the familiar story at the heart of “Concrete Cowboy,” starring the appealing duo of Idris Elba and terrific newcomer Caleb McLaughlin, there’s much more here to contemplate. That’s because of the fascinating, very real-life world in which this predictable yet warm-hearted story takes place: the community of Black equestrians in North Philadel...
Ivannah-Mercedes is a member of one of the black horsemanship communities that thrive, often unseen and unsung, in cities across the US. She also makes her acting debut alongside Idris Elba in a new film about black riders in Philadelphia that looks set to give their way of life fresh recognition and respect. Concrete Cowboy, which premiered last year at the Toronto film festival and is now available on Netflix, is a gritty drama about a father-son relationship set around the Fletcher Street Stables, one of the first stables in inner-city Philadelphia and now among the last. It dates back mor...