Mostly Good Reviews For Made-In-Philly ‘Concrete Cowbody’ – Coming To Netflix April 2

After premiering to favorable reviews at the Toronto Film Festival, in October of 2020, the Inquirer’s Brandon Harden, wrote that Concrete Cowboy “is based on Greg Neri’s 2009 novel Ghetto Cowboy and chronicles the story of 15-year-old Cole (Caleb McLaughlin), a troubled teen whose mother sends him to North Philadelphia to live with his estranged father (Idris Elba). Cole discovers that horseback riding can serve as a refuge from the poverty and grim realities of his neighborhood.

The Fletcher Street Urban Riding Club, the Philadelphia organization that inspired the film, celebrates horse-riding and teaches Black youth from its Strawberry Mansion neighborhood to care for horses. The club has been around for over 100 years and was named after a vacant lot on Fletcher Street.