The Luminal Theater and Saloma Acres’ Films at the Farm outdoor series returns to South Carolina with our outdoor screening of

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.