It tells the story of three South Central Los Angeles urban cowboys and their struggle to preserve a threatened culture by rebuilding their community stable, "The Hill," after a mysterious fire burnt it down.
[4] "The Hill" was one of a few public horse stables in South Central Los Angeles, an area that has been partly zoned for agriculture since 1889.
Ghuan Featherstone is an ex-soldier fighting to preserve a unique culture that stands as an alternative to crime and gang violence.
[7][8] The Hollywood Reporter wrote of Fire on the Hill: "Brett Fallentine's well-observed film, embraces a burnished Wild West archetype while redefining it.
"[1] Speaking on KPCC's FilmWeek, critic Christy Lemire described the film as "A really cool combination of old-fashioned Western iconography with bracing, contemporary imagery" while Amy Nicholson commented "There are these three really human stories pulling us along.