Zazie Beetz (left) and Jonathan Majors star in the decidedly Black “The Harder They Fall.” Photo: Netflix “These. People. Existed.” While this declaration is accompanied by the disclaimer that yes, The Harder They Fall is a fictionalized work of art, this prelude serves as a timely reminder that while Jeymes Samuel’s first foray into feature film is unlike anything we’ve ever experienced before—though there are not-so-subtle nods to its forefathers like 1993’s Posse and the groundbreaking Buck and the Preacher —it’s steeped in the exact type of lore that historians either conveniently whitewash or blatantly dismiss.
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