Written with Dan Walser. Wild child Caleb McLaughlin is sent by despairing mom to dad Idris Elba in Philadelphia - experiences the lives of the urban cowboys who look after and ride horses. Meanwhile the life of drug crime, embodied by Jharrel Jerome, pulls him in another direction. Some of the real cowboys appear as themselves.
It's not quite there, somehow. Maybe the non-professional actors hurt it, or the story is too familiar - a sort of black Lean on Pete.
With Lorraine Toussaint, Method Man. Music: Kevin Matley, camera: Minka Farthing-Cole, edit: Luke Chiarrocchi. Lee Daniels and Idris are among the producers.
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