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Taos Center for the Arts and Harwood Museum of Art present the Outriders Film Series exploring representations of Black cowboys on the big screen from the 1930s to today.

Buck and the Preacher, directed by Academy Award winner Sidney Poitier, tells the story of a wagon master and a con-man preacher who team up to defend freed slaves dogged by cheap-labor agents out West. The film features an all-star cast including Poitier as Buck, a former slave and Union Army Officer who meets Preacher, Harry Belafonte, while shepherding freed slaves across the West.

Director: Sidney Poitier

Runtime: 1h 42m

1972

This project is supported in part by New Mexico Humanities Council and New Mexico Arts, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Image: Still from Buck and the Preacher courtesy of Columbia Pictures

**THIS FILM WILL BE SHOWN AT THE TCA**

Get your individual tickets here.

Book your series pass here.

Taos Center for the Arts and Harwood Museum of Art present the Outriders Film Series exploring representations of Black cowboys on the big screen from the 1930s to today.

Set in New Mexico during the years 1912-1915, Thomasine and Bushrod is a Blaxploitation Western about a couple who ride through the Southwest shooting lawmen and sharing the riches with all. This film directed by Gordon Parks, Jr. was intended to be a counterpart to the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde.

Director: Gordon Parks, Jr.

Runtime: 1h 35m

1974

This project is supported in part by New Mexico Humanities Council and New Mexico Arts, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Image: Still from Thomasine and Bushrod courtesy of Columbia Pictures

**THIS FILM WILL BE SHOWN AT THE TCA**

Get your individual tickets here.

Book your series pass here.

Taos Center for the Arts and Harwood Museum of Art present the Outriders Film Series exploring representations of Black cowboys on the big screen from the 1930s to today.

When an outlaw discovers his enemy is being released from prison, he reunites his gang to seek revenge. Loosely inspired by the lives of real nineteenth century cowboys and outlaws, The Harder They Fall stars Jonathan Majors as Nat Love, Idris Elba as Rufus Buck, and Zazie Beetz as Mary Fields. Photographs of many of these historic figures are featured in Outriders: Legacy of the Black Cowboy.

Director: Jeymes Samuel, also known as The Bullitts

Runtime: 2h 19m

2021

This project is supported in part by New Mexico Humanities Council and New Mexico Arts, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Image: Still from The Harder They Fall courtesy of Netflix