How To Watch High Horse: The Black Cowboy
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Representation is important. When most of us imagine a Western, we picture John Wayne in a shootout, a grizzled Clint Eastwood, and questionable depictions of stagecoaches under attack by Indigenous Americans. That African Americans existed at all in the Wild West has been largely omitted from both visual culture and history, so this fascinating documentary should provide a much-needed corrective. It’s exclusive to Peacock, but we explain how to watch High Horse: The Black Cowboy from anywhere with a VPN.
This passionate reappraisal of cowboy culture comes from Monkeypaw Productions, founded by Academy Award winning writer, director and producer Jordan Peele. Through archive footage and interviews with high-profile figures such as Tina Knowles, Pam Grier, Grammy nominee Rick Ross, and Get Out (2017) director Peele himself, the series will explore the formative influence of African Americans during the Wild West and reinscribe the figure of the Black cowboy (and cowgirl) back into Western culture.
As Peele, the director of Western-set sci-fi horror Nope (2022), comments: “The myth that cowboys were just white guys running around, it’s just not true, but we don’t know that because of Hollywood and the romanticized view of a very brutalized era.” High Horse: The Black Cowboy will challenge the myth of an all-white frontier, and its exclusionary iconography in popular culture. It’s claimed that Black cowboys comprised about 25% of all cowboys in the late 19th century, yet Black people are still underrepresented in Western films and TV shows, and their contribution to cowboy culture (e.g. country music) is often heavily policed.
As this documentary shows, this forgotten history is being reclaimed. Beyoncé and rapper Lil Nas X, for example, have both embraced the power of the Black cowboy in their songwriting. Beyoncé song “Daddy Lessons” helped create the “Yeehaw Agenda”, a trend of reclaiming Black cowboy culture through music and fashion, while in 2025 she became the first Black woman to win the Grammy for Best Country Album. The landscape is becoming more inclusive, and this eye-opening documentary will surely only increase these gains.
So, mosey on down the page for our straight-shooting guide for how to watch High Horse: The Black Cowboy online, exclusively on Peacock and accessible from anywhere with a VPN.
How to watch High Horse: The Black Cowboy in the US
US viewers can watch High Horse: The Black Cowboy exclusively on Peacock, where all three installments are available immediately on Thursday, November 20.
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Currently traveling abroad? If you’re an American temporarily out of the country, download a VPN to access the same services you’d enjoy back home.
How to watch High Horse: The Black Cowboy from anywhere
If you’re a US citizen on vacation or working overseas, you can still watch High Horse: The Black Cowboy online just as you would at home.
While services like Peacock block access from IP addresses outside of the US, there’s a handy piece of software called a VPN that can change your IP address to make it look like you’re accessing streaming services from any country in the world.
For example, US citizens overseas can subscribe to a VPN, join a US-based server and access their subscription from anywhere in the world, just like they would back home.
Step-by-step of using a VPN to unblock:
1. Choose your ideal VPN and install – our go-to recommendation for unblocking is NordVPN, costing from under $3.99 a month with its 2-year plan
2. Connect to a server – for Peacock, you’ll want to connect to a server based in the US.
3. Go to the stream you wish to access – for High Horse: The Black Cowboy, you’ll want to head to Peacock in the US.
Can I watch High Horse: The Black Cowboy in the UK?
What in tarnation! It looks as if the Peacock exclusive documentary series doesn’t have a UK release lined up for High Horse: The Black Cowboy. It’s possible that it gets picked up by Sky TV and its streaming arm NOW, which is the home of Peacock shows like All Her Fault, Bel-Air, The Paper, and Day of the Jackal. But we’ll update this guide if we get more information.
An American citizen overseas? Use a VPN to access your Peacock account back in the States.
Can I watch High Horse: The Black Cowboy in Canada?
Canadians are also left high and dry when it comes to watching High Horse: The Black Cowboy. For the time being, no streamer has confirmed it’s acquired the rights to the show, leaving it available exclusively on Peacock and to US viewers only.
NB: if you’re an American traveling north of the border who wants to access your Peacock account back home, you can do so with a VPN.
Can I watch High Horse: The Black Cowboy in Australia?
Australia isn’t bucking the trend either. There’s currently no way to watch High Horse: The Black Cowboy, the Jordan Peele-produced documentary, if you live Down Under. And that could also be an issue for any Americans holidaying on the other side of the world.
Away from home? Simply purchase a VPN to connect to your streaming service of choice and watch your favorite TV shows and movies from anywhere.
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High Horse: The Black Cowboy Episode Release Schedule
All three installments of this highly-anticipated documentary will be ready to stream from November 20:
- High Horse: The Black Cowboy: Episode 1 – Thursday, November 20
- High Horse: The Black Cowboy: Episode 2 – Thursday, November 20
- High Horse: The Black Cowboy: Episode 3 – Thursday, November 20
Who Will Feature In High Horse: The Black Cowboy?
The Peacock documentary includes original interviews with acclaimed filmmaker Jordan Peele, Texas-born rapper Bun B, American singer-songwriter Blanco Brown, Jackie Brown and Blaxploitation star Pam Grier, model and Fight Night actress Lori Harvey, musician INK, businesswoman Tina Knowles, rapper Rick Ross, actor and Emmy winner Glynn Turman, and Lynae Vanee, in addition to The Compton Cowboys.
