Concrete Cowboy is a movie directed by Ricky Staub in 2020 and based on the book Ghetto Cowboy by G. Neri, first published in 2011. The movie features Idris Elba, Lorraine Toussaint, Method Man, Caleb McLaughlin, Jharrel Jerome, Swen Temmel, and others.
What users say
“The book is better than the movie”
But the movie is worth watching.
Watch & Read
Get movie and book on Amazon
NOT AVAILABLE
*Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.
Storyline
Sent to live with his estranged father for the summer, a rebellious teen finds kinship in a tight-knit Philadelphia community of Black cowboys. There he discovers the city’s vibrant urban cowboy subculture, which has existed for more than 100 years providing a safe haven for the neighborhood despite the surrounding poverty, violence, and encroachment of gentrification.
Genres
Movie vs Book
Year
2020
Minutes
111
Movie Rate
6.20
Source: IMDb
Year
2011
Pages
218
Book Rate
7.76
S: Goodreads
Book
Ghetto Cowboy
Author: G. Neri
Country: USA
First published in: 2011
Length: 218 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“It was really important to me that people would experience the same feelings from the movie as they did from the book.”
PABLO BERGER (Filmmaker)
Leave a Reply