The Cowboys Are Black
1966, French. Directed by Serge Moati.
One taxi driver, the other mechanics or masons. They drive a moped as Johnny Halliday and wear pants Zazous. During the weekend, they play in a real western with guns purchased at the supermarket, loaded with blanks. They love violence, their favorite actors are Edward G. Robinson and Glenn Ford. The heroine is selling at the Galerie du Niger. When the Nigerian filmmaker Mustapha Alassane turned the return of an adventurer, the first African western, Serge-Henri Moati wanted to make a film about film. The cowboys are turning black traces and proves at the same time the reality and fiction, film and life, sometimes extremely close, especially when it comes to the Wild West ..
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- 0h 14m
- Post-credits
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- French
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The Cowboys Are Black is streaming on Criterion Channel in India.
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- 24 August 1966
- Original title
- Les cow-boys sont noirs
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The Cowboys Are Black is streaming on Criterion Channel in India. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Cowboys Are Black?
The Cowboys Are Black (1966) was directed by Serge Moati and stars Moustapha Alassane, Djingarey Abdoulaye Maïga, Boubakar Souna.