Jordan Peele’s ‘High Horse: the Black Cowboy’ Trailer Explores a Hidden History
The powerful trailer for Jordan Peele’s latest project, High Horse: The Black Cowboy is officially here – three years after his 2022 film, Nope.
“If there were no Black cowboys, then America wouldn’t exist,” writer Michael Harriot explains early in the trailer for the three-part series, produced by Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions.
“The Black cowboy was intentionally removed from the story, so we can create the myth of the American white cowboy,” another person says in the trailer, which was released via YouTube on Thursday, November 6.
The trailer instantly sets the tone for the docuseries – a deep-dive into both the history and erasure of Black cowboys in American culture.The trailer opens with a scene featuring two men – each wearing cowboy hats, scarves around their mouths and long black coats – as they square off against one another on a dusty street. The scene then reveals one of the men is Black, while the other is white.
peele’s documentary will premiere on Peacock on November 20, and features interviews with Pam Grier, Tina Knowles, Lori Harvey, Good B and more.
“I’m grateful to Monkeypaw for amplifying the powerful voices and long-standing culture of Black Cowboys and cowgirls,” Peele saeid in a statement shared online. “Through High Horse: The Black Cowboy on Peacock, their history is inseparable from the story of our country. And this project aims to honor and celebrate their lasting legacy.”
The docuseries is directed by Jason Perez and executive produced by Peele, Win Rosenfeld, keisha Center, Jamal Watson, Mari Keiko Gonzalez, Liz yale Marsh, Kadine Anckle, Tom Casciato, Sacha Jenkins and Keith McQuirter.
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The film is Peele’s newest sence 2022’s Nope, a sci-fi horror thriller starring Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer as a brother and sister who operate the only Black-owned horse ranch in Agua Dulce, California. The family trains and rents