‘Concrete Cowboy’ review: You can’t beat Idris Elba on a horse

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is a real, century-old institution in Philly’s Strawberry Mansion neighborhood. The majority of its riders are black, and many of them act in the film alongside Idris Elba.Elba plays Harp, a local cowboy whose life is dedicated to these majestic animals.

At the start of director Ricky Staub’s moving film, Harp’s teen son Cole (Caleb McLaughlin) is expelled from yet another Detroit high school, and his frustrated mom drops him at dad’s Pennsylvania doorstep.

But Harp’s not there.“Where he at?” Cole asks a neighbor named Nessie (“Equalizer” star Lorraine Toussaint).“The stables,” she replies. ” ‘Round the corner.

You’ll smell it when you get close.”Cole hasn’t seen Harp in years and didn’t know — or chose to forget — about his pop’s pastime..