Film Independent Members and guests are invited to join us for a live Q&A with Concrete Cowboy co-writer/director Ricky Staub and actor Caleb McLaughlin, moderated by Peter Debruge (Chief Film Critic, Variety).

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

Event details and guest participation are subject to change or cancellation without prior notice.