Buckle Brothers
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Marquette Williams
Ron Jennings
Jazmine Bennet
Mike Gilbeaux
Yah-ya O'neil
Marcus Franklin
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In a remote corner of Los Angeles is a place called "The Stables," where a couple generations of black men have trained to ride horses, rope calves, and practice the brutal sport of bull-riding, long dominated by white males with names like Tater Porter and Cody Hart. These Compton cowboys have chosen the rodeo life over gang life, and each one has a tough story: Lil Ron's father is in prison for murder, Yah-Ya's brother was murdered, Mike's three-year-old cousin was shot. Jazmine, the only girl, takes her hits alongside the boys. They perform in small-circuit rodeos where grit and gristle are everything. Lil Ron, especially, has the drive and talent to make it in bull-riding, and the film follows him and his cowboys to rings where neither the bulls nor the people care if you're black, white, or Mexican.
Director
Marquette Williams
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States June 24, 2008
Released in United States on DVD June 24, 2008
Shown at AFI Los Angeles Independent Film Festival (International Documentary Competition) November 3-13, 2005.
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Released in United States June 24, 2008
Released in United States on DVD June 24, 2008
