HIDDEN HISTORIES
Jan 20, 2022
2 minutes
“The film doesn’t engage with one of the main drivers behind the violence”
he recent Netflix movie a black western, a rarity in the genre – tells a story featuring real-life characters including Rufus Buck and Cherokee Bill. Westerns almost universally depict cowboys and outlaws as white men, yet historians estimate that about 25 per cent were in fact African-Americans – including some of the most accomplished.
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