Films at the Farm: BLACK RODEO

1110 North Firetower Road,Blythewood SC 29016

21 May, 2022

Description

Presenting our 2022 outdoor screening of BLACK RODEO Seating begins at 7 PM | Film begins at 7:30 PM Bring your own chairs and BYOB. Wine available for cash donation. BLACK RODEO Directed by Jeff Kanew 1972 • 87 min • United States With Muhammad Ali. Narrated by Woody Strode Answering the question of “Do Black cowboys exist?” BLACK RODEO documents the first-time ever performance of an all African-American starring 1971 rodeo that took place at Randall's Island, NY right near Harlem. Bronc riding, calf roping, brahma bull riding - these 50 Black rodeo riders from Texas, Oklahoma, California, Illinois and Michigan, along with Connecticut, New Jersey and even New York, shine an impressive light using skills audience members didn’t know existed through Black faces. Featuring a can’t miss appearance by “The Greatest” Muhammad Ali riding a horse on 125th Street (Harlem’s main street) and also a bull, the film is cemented by acting legend and cowboy Woody Strode (“Once Upon a Time in the West”, “Sergeant Rutledge”), who serves as BLACK RODEO’s narrator, leading a discussion of the history of the African American cowboy, and commentary on the event and its meaning by spectators. Black Rodeo also features: Bud Bramwell, Nelson Jackson, Mike Latting, Gene Smith, Cowtown Gene Walker, Bailey Prairie Kid, Billy the Kid, Alfred Peet, Rocky Watson, Archie Wycoff and Seneca Charles, and many more. Preceded by Open Acres, our recurring event at SALOMA ACRES, where we welcome the community to our private farm in Blythewood, SC. Come meet the horse herd, explore the 22 acres, and learn about our plans for the space before the film begins. RSVP required for both. Produced by The Luminal Theater in partnership with Saloma Acres