Black Rodeo

Black Rodeo
Black Rodeo
Directed by	Jeff Kanew
Written by	Jeff Kanew
Starring	Muhammad Ali
Narrated by	Woody Strode
Distributed by	Cinerama Releasing
Release date	May 1, 1972;
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Black Rodeo is a 1972 documentary by filmmaker Jeff Kanew.^[1]^[2]

Overview

Black Rodeo captures the events surrounding the first-time performance of an all African-American rodeo at Triborough Stadium on Randall's Island, New York. The documentary shows that the people who attended the rodeo were awed to find African-American men and women actively involved in skills such as bronc riding, calf roping and brahma bull riding.

Actor Woody Strode attended the rodeo and appears in the film as its narrator. He imparts a number of stories that show the participation of blacks in the development of the American Old West.

The film captures the appearance of Muhammad Ali, who rides a horse on 125th Street (the main street in Harlem), trades friendly verbal jibes with the cowboys, straps on chaps and rides a bull.

The rodeo events in the film are set to the music of Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Little Richard, Lee Dorsey, Sammy Turner, Little Eva and other R&B acts.

The film was released by Cinerama Releasing in the spring of 1972.^[3]

References

^ Howard Thompson (1972). "Black Rodeo". The New York Times.
^ Cartwright, Keith (February 3, 2020). "When black cowboys paraded through Harlem with Muhammad Ali". Andscape.
^ Tommaney, Susie (November 6, 2019). "Celebrate Cowboy Culture and Apollo 11 With Houston Cinema Arts Festival". houstonpress.com. Houston Press.

External links

Black Rodeo at IMDb
Black Rodeo Movie Trailer on YouTube

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[1] Howard Thompson (1972). "Black Rodeo". The New York Times.

[2] Cartwright, Keith (February 3, 2020). "When black cowboys paraded through Harlem with Muhammad Ali". Andscape.

[3] Tommaney, Susie (November 6, 2019). "Celebrate Cowboy Culture and Apollo 11 With Houston Cinema Arts Festival". houstonpress.com. Houston Press.

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