Netflix picked up the cowboy tale after it debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.
Based on the 2009 novel Ghetto Cowboy by Greg Neri, the film is about a 15-year-old boy, Cole, (Caleb McLaughlin) from Detroit who is sent to live with his estranged father (Idris Elba) in Philadelphia, where he learns about local urban cowboys and its neighborhood legacy. Set against a background of growing gentrification, Cole must contend between his interest and respect for his father’s community, and his reemerging friendship with a troubled cousin. Emmy Award-winner Jharrel Jerome, Lorraine Toussaint, Byron Bowers, and Clifford “Method Man” Smith also star
