The gripping trailer has dropped for Jordan Peele’s new project, High Horse: The Black Cowboy — arriving three years after his 2022 movie, Nope.
“If it wasn’t for Black cowboys, America wouldn’t be here,” says writer Michael Harriot early on in the preview for the three-part series, which Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions is behind.
“The history of the Black cowboy was intentionally erased from the story, to build up the myth of the American white cowboy,” another person states in the trailer, which was shared on YouTube on Thursday, November 6.
The trailer quickly establishes the docuseries’ focus — a comprehensive exploration of the history and the overlooked presence of Black cowboys in American culture. The preview begins with a scene showing two figures — both in cowboy hats, scarves covering their faces, and long black jackets — facing off on a dusty road. The shot then reveals that one is Black, and the other, white.
Peele’s documentary will be available on Peacock starting November 20, and it includes interviews with figures like Pam Grier, Tina Knowles, Lori Harvey, Bun B, and others.
“I appreciate Monkeypaw for giving a platform to the powerful voices and enduring culture of Black Cowboys and Cowgirls,” Peele shared in an online statement. “With High Horse: The Black Cowboy, airing on Peacock, their story is part of our country’s story. This project is about honoring and celebrating their ongoing legacy.”
Jason Perez directed the docuseries, and the executive producers are Peele, Win Rosenfeld, Keisha Senter, Jamal Watson, Mari Keiko Gonzalez, Liz Yale Marsh, Kadine Anckle, Tom Casciato, Sacha Jenkins, and Keith McQuirter.
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This project follows Peele’s 2022 film, Nope, a sci-fi horror film starring Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer. They play siblings running the only Black-owned horse ranch in Agua Dulce, California. Their family trains horses to rent out for Hollywood productions, until a mysterious object falling from the sky kills their father.
In a June 2022 interview, Peele said the movie was partly an effort to get people to return to movie theaters.
“I wrote it when we were a little worried about the future of cinema,” Peele said. “I knew right away that I wanted to create a spectacle, something the audience would need to come out and see.”
He added: “So, I focused on the quintessential American UFO story. The film deals with spectacle, and both the positive and negative aspects of attention. It’s a horror epic designed to elicit a very vocal reaction in the theater.”
Peele was so audience-focused when writing that he even named the film after the reaction he hoped to hear most from viewers. “Hopefully, when we see it, we’ll hear a lot of ‘nope!’” he said.
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