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This screening has reached its registration capacity.

Don’t miss the Q&A…

After you register for this screening, be sure to register for the follow-up event, Members-Only Q&A: Concrete Cowboy, featuring a conversation with co-writer/director Ricky Staub and actor Caleb McLaughlin. (Friday, April 2 – 12:00 pm PT)

Film Independent Members, you and a guest are invited to watch Concrete Cowboy in our Film Independent Presents Online Screening Room, powered by Vision Media.

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 community and his reemerging friendship with troubled cousin Smush (Jharrel Jerome), Cole begins to reprioritize his life as the stables themselves are threatened by encroaching gentrification.

Based on the novel Ghetto Cowboy by G. Neri, Concrete Cowboy is directed by first-time feature filmmaker Ricky Staub, written by Ricky Staub and Dan Walser and produced by Tucker Tooley, Lee Daniels, Idris Elba, Dan Walser, Jeff Waxman and Jennifer Madeloff. Byron Bowers, Lorraine Toussaint, Cliff “Method Man” Smith and members of the Fletcher Street Stables also co-star in this moving father-son drama about a teen caught between a life of crime and his estranged father’s vibrant urban cowboy subculture.

Concrete Cowboy will premiere on Netflix on April 2.

 
2021, 111 minutes, color | Directed by Ricky Staub | Written by Ricky Staub, Dan Walser | Based on “Ghetto Cowboy” by G. Neri | Starring Idris Elba, Caleb McLaughlin, Jharrel Jerome, Byron Bowers, Lorraine Toussaint, Clifford “Method Man” Smith | Produced by Tucker Tooley, Lee Daniels, Idris Elba, Dan Walser, Jeff Waxman, Jennifer Madeloff

Registration Information

All Film Independent Members can register for this online screening starting at 11:00 am on Tuesday, March 23. | Registration is free; one registration per Membership. | Proof of Member status is required to complete registration.

Arts Circle and Film Lover Members are guaranteed access to this event; email membership@filmindependent.org for more information.

How to Watch

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