2020 · drama · western
Concrete Cowboy
Directed by Ricky Staub1h 51m2020
Sent to live with his estranged father for the summer, a rebellious teen finds kinship in a tight-knit Philadelphia community of Black cowboys.
Our read: Concrete Cowboy (2020) reads as a neutral, steady, grounded drama · western entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, steady, measured drama / western, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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“You want Philadelphia street cowboys healing a father-son rift through horses.”
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