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Filmmaker behind the documentary 'Fire on the Hill: The Story of the Compton Cowboys,' which is currently raising funds with a Kickstarter campaign
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Brett Fallentine
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FROM Brett Fallentine
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Telling the Story of the Cowboys of Compton Southern California is an industrialized megalopolis, but its agricultural history continues in some unlikely places. One of them is the City of Compton, where a few cowboys still ride their horses — despite the fact that their stable mysteriously burned down three years ago. We talk to a Compton cowboy and a documentary filmmaker who’s trying to tell their story.
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