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Honor Thy Father:
A Modern Black Western
Format
Feature screenplay
Status
Screenplay — festival circuit
Recognition
Official Selection — Las Vegas Black Film Festival
Synopsis
A young Black cowboy striving to honor his father’s legacy confronts a system that only recognizes him through performance—leading him to redefine what it means to carry a name, a lineage, and a life.
What it reveals
Identity becomes performance when recognition is controlled.
Key Elements
- Expansive western landscape / intimate character framing
- Rodeo culture as site of spectacle and exclusion
- Intergenerational transmission of honor
