The rodeo has been an important part of American culture for over a hundred years. To celebrate and explore the cultural impact of this exciting and beloved sport, Colorado Mountain College here in Steamboat, in conjunction with the Wildhorse Cinema, is offering a fun community course – “Rodeo on Film” – five different film perspectives on rodeo on five consecutive Thursday evenings starting July 3
Week 1 – “The Rider,” (2017) directed by Academy award-winner Chloe Zhao. A young up-and-coming rodeo star has to choose between his health and his passion for riding. A tender exploration of the fragility of masculine ideals from a female Chinese-American director who never sentimentalizes or stereotypes what could have been a maudlin melodrama. Zhao gets amazing performances from her cast of mostly non-professional actors.