Jordan Peele’s Peacock’s new documentary, High Horse: The Black Cowboy, premieres Thursday, November 20. The three-part pop culture documentary confronts and reclaims the Wild West while revealing the story of the Black cowboy. A historical fact that has been whitewashed for decades,
The doc features interviews with Bun B, Blanco Brown, Pam Grier, Lori Harvey, INK, and Tina Knowles. Also, Rick Ross, Glynn Turman, Lynae Vanee, and The Compton Cowboys make appearances. Multiple Grammy winner Raphael Saadiq curated the score of the doc. The series seeks to “set the record straight on the American Frontier.”
Peele expressed his excitement about the doc in a statement.
“I’m grateful to Monkeypaw for amplifying the powerful voices and long-standing culture of Black Cowboys and Cowgirls,” Pelle said. “Through High Horse: The Black Cowboy, on Peacock, their history is inseparable from the story of our country. And this project aims to honor and celebrate their lasting legacy.”
Executive produced by Jordan Peele, Win Rosenfeld, Keisha Senter, Jamal Watson from Monkeypaw Productions, Mari Keiko Gonzalez, Liz Yale Marsh, Kadine Anckle, Tom Casciato, Sacha Jenkins, and Keith McQuirter. Directed by Jason Perez. Produced by Monkeypaw Productions and Universal Television Alternative Studio, a division of Universal Studio Group.
Peele has revolutionized modern horror cinema by skillfully merging gripping suspense with incisive social commentary. His projects have delivered multiple critical and commercial hits. $Get Out (2017), his debut, was an immediate cultural phenomenon. Following this Oscar-winning success, $Us$ (2019) explored themes of duality, class disparity, and the American underclass through a chilling story of doppelgängers, proving Peele’s masterful use of allegory. Finally, the neo-Western sci-fi horror $Nope$ (2022) tackled humanity’s obsession with spectacle and the exploitation of both people and nature, continuing his streak of genre-bending, thought-provoking blockbusters.