Jeymes Samuel Details Why No One Says The N-Word In 'The Harder They Fall'

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The Harder They Fall was released on Netflix and in theaters worldwide, giving audiences a glimpse at a reality they’ve likely never seen before or heard of.

Black men and women on horseback, living in the west in control of their destiny is the image Jeymes Samuel offers on screen with a star-studded cast that places many real-life historical figures in a fictional story full of action, comedy, and, most important, agency.

A lover of Westerns, Samuel carried around the idea for this project for more than a decade, attaching some of the cast’s stars like Idris Elba and Edi Gathegi to it for just as long.

Here, the writer, director, and producer who also scored the soundtrack to the film talks about not compromising on his vision to make