Idris Elba is the leader in the new trailer for Netflix movie Concrete Cowboy

Idris Elba is the leader in a new trailer for his upcoming Netflix movie Concrete Cowboy.

The film, based on the G. Neri novel Ghetto Cowboy, portrays Elba as Harp, a father who takes up his 15-year-old son Cole (Caleb McLaughlin) after he was kicked out of school in Detroit.

“Harp finds solace in rehabilitating horses for downtown cowboys in the Fletcher Street Stables, a true black urban equestrian community that has provided a safe haven for neighborhood residents for more than 100 years,” Netflix said. said a summary.

Coming soon: Idris Elba is the leader in a new trailer for his upcoming Netflix movie Concrete Cowboy

It continued: ‘Between his growing respect for his father’s community and his regaining friendship with cousin Smush (Jharrel Jerome), Cole begins to re-prioritize his life as the stables themselves are threatened by intrusive gentrification.

The film was released at the Toronto International Film Festival last September, where Elba told Variety that the timing was perfect to bring the story of black cowboy culture to the silver screen.

“It feels really appropriate to be able to tell a sub-story that was definitely buried,” Elba said, “and in the case of Concrete Cowboy, history is at the moment.”

Elba revealed the historical value of the material he and director Ricky Staub wanted to preserve with the film, referring to the Fletcher Street Stables in light of potential gentrification.

Story: Elba as Harp, a father taking his 15-year-old son Cole (Caleb McLaughlin) after he was kicked out of school in Detroit

The film explores the horse culture of Northern Philadelphia, which has a century plus tradition

Art: Elba told Variety that the timing was perfect to bring the story of black cowboy culture to the silver screen

“These stables – they’re taken away forever and Ricky told me, ‘I hope we made this movie and they keep the stables, based on the fact that people fall in love with the story. and history and heritage of the stables. ”

McLaughlin told the outlet that ‘it’s definitely been a dream to introduce to the project’, and especially to find out that Idris is playing my dad.

“Who does not want Idris to play your father in a movie?” he said.

The cast also includes Lorraine Toussaint, Byron Bowers and Method Man.

Concrete Cowboy launches on April 2 on Netflix.

Big role: McLaughlin said ‘it was definitely a dream come true for the project’ and especially ‘to find out Idris is playing my father’

Ensemble: Lorraine Toussaint also starred in the film based on the City of Brotherly Love

Elba said of the film: “It feels really appropriate to be able to tell a story that is definitely buried, and in the case of Concrete Cowboy, the story is at the moment.”

Concrete Cowboy launches April 2 on Netflix