Buck and the Preacher

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

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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