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00:00Hey y'all, welcome back.

00:16My name is Shemeika and this is Check the Rhymes.

00:19I am super excited that you're here as always.

00:22Thank you so much for tuning in.

00:23Y'all, do you remember the book Black Beauty?

00:27If you don't, you have time to go revisit it before this new series comes out.

00:30It's called Beyond Black Beauty and it kicks off on Tuesday, October 15th on Prime Video.

00:38And two of the, well, actually one of the series stars and then the creator of the show

00:43is here.

00:44So series star, Kaya Coleman is in the building along with the creator of the show, Pilar

00:49Golden.

00:50We're going to talk about what we can expect and more, so stay tuned.

00:53Hi, Shemeika.

00:54Hi.

00:55Good morning.

00:56Good morning.

00:57Welcome to Check the Rhymes.

00:58How are you?

00:59Well, how are you?

01:01I'm doing well considering hurricane just swept through North Carolina.

01:06Yeah, I'm doing well.

01:11But I'm excited about this series, Beyond Black Beauty.

01:15So Pilar, I'm going to start with you because you're the series creator.

01:19So can you talk about what the series is about and what inspired you to create it?

01:25Absolutely.

01:26The show follows a young equestrian who has Olympic dreams, who's thrust into a new world

01:35that she is not prepared for, and that is meeting this family she's never known in the

01:41great state of Maryland where they own an urban ranch.

01:46And she not only meets this new family, but she also meets a horse who is just as spirited

01:52as she is.

01:54And the inspiration behind the show was, you know, getting the opportunity to highlight

02:02black cowboys and cowgirls, which is something that I was introduced to and just got really

02:09excited to get the opportunity to highlight that culture.

02:12Oh, I love that.

02:15And I see Kaya got excited when you were talking about it.

02:18So, Kaya, what was it like for you to be a part of this series?

02:24It was so exciting.

02:27I was just so grateful to have an opportunity to work with these majestic animals.

02:33Growing up, I never thought I could ever afford to ride a horse, be with a horse, which is,

02:40you know, again, that is a conversation that I think was brought up filming this, was like

02:46why horsemanship is for everything, for everyone.

02:50And working with a great, great cast and crew was just such a great experience.

02:54And Pilar was incredibly supportive throughout the whole thing.

02:57Oh, I love that.

02:59And I was going to ask if you were, if you had to get used to the horses, because I know,

03:06I think I'm like, yeah, I could, I could try to ride a horse, but I'm terrified.

03:10Well, I mean, that's the beauty of this show and it will be translated on camera is how

03:19much Kaya leaned into Jolie.

03:24It's not faking it.

03:25She's not, I mean, she's doing acting.

03:27She's definitely acting, but she really embraced the horse girl mentality.

03:35And so lucky that Kaya, you know, was in 200% with her training, with her relationship with

03:44the beauties, you know, and I'm like you.

03:49I'm like, oh, they're so pretty from afar.

03:51Like, oh, look how nice.

03:56Go ahead.

03:57Sorry, I want to hop in.

03:57I just want to say I wanted to honor, you know, horseback riding as a professional sport.

04:01So I was, you know, I was training a lot, watching show jumping, eventing.

04:06I watched Concrete Cowboy before, and I just like, I really did want to immerse myself

04:10in the horse world and give it justice as its own professional sport.

04:14Did you guys film this before Cowboy Carter came out?

04:19And was that like, as you're, as you were getting ready, Beyoncé's album, the country

04:23album, were y'all kind of like, you know, this is our get hype, get ready to go to set

04:28music, or did y'all film it like way before that?

04:32Way before.

04:33Okay.

04:35Yeah, way before.

04:36We filmed in 2022.

04:38Oh, yeah, definitely way before, yeah.

04:41We had renaissance.

04:43We were blasting renaissance.

04:46That is true.

04:51Kaya, what was that like for you to work with the horse?

04:55And how did you prepare for such a unique role?

04:59Because obviously you had to prepare physically and then emotionally on the acting aspect

05:04of it.

05:06It was an extremely rewarding experience.

05:10Like I was saying, I wanted to give, you know, horseback riding as a sport justice.

05:15And so I did do a lot of like, I said, I was like watching eventing, I was watching

05:19barrel racing.

05:20And when I was on set, like I wanted to lunge the horse, tack the horse, I would like I'm

05:25putting the saddle on, I'm putting the bridle on, I want to hold the, I want to hold the

05:29reins when, when we're just standing around, like in between takes, I'm like in the stable

05:33with the horse.

05:34I wanted people to like, feel that this person, you know, breathes, sleeps and cuddles horses

05:39all the time.

05:40And it just, as I was going through the process, I, Kaya fell in love as well.

05:44And it was just like really sync synchronous, synchronous, synchronous, synchronous is the

05:48word.

05:50That's, I love that.

05:51Are you still horseback riding now?

05:54Whenever I can.

05:55Yes.

05:56Oh, wow.

05:57Pilar, do you ride horses?

05:59Oh, okay.

06:00Do you ride horses as well?

06:03I've been on a horse twice.

06:08And, you know, I appreciate, I think it's important to say, because we had amazing

06:14wranglers, Rick and Sue Parker, important to say, horses are very powerful animals,

06:19but they're also very like, emotional animals.

06:23And as someone who deals with anxiety on a daily basis, like, I'm not a person who should

06:29be on a horse, because we'll be feeling things at the same time, right?

06:36So I, I'm someone who appreciates them from afar, because I just, you know, the two times

06:43I've been on a horse, I'm like, oh, that's nice.

06:47You've come further along than I have.

06:49My dad's like, you should go.

06:50And I was like, I'm with you.

06:52I'm like, anxiety.

06:54I'm good over here.

06:59On them, how big they are.

07:01I mean, they're powerful.

07:05You know, yeah, we were really fortunate.

07:07Horses were so well trained.

07:09And they were like, especially one of our main picture horses.

07:12His name was Kid.

07:13And he was just so gentle and, and like Pilar was saying, they're emotional.

07:17So they sense, they sense you.

07:19And my character is very emotional.

07:21And so I feel like that he could feel, he could feel that like Jolie was sad and stressed,

07:26and he would come over and it was very organic.

07:29We were very fortunate.

07:31Well, this question is for both of you.

07:34What do you hope viewers take away from this series?

07:38Because it already sounds amazing.

07:40But what do you hope that, like, is there a specific theme or just an overall message

07:45that you want them to take away?

07:48Either one of you can start.

07:52I guess, I think for me, the, I hope people take away the power of family and forgiveness.

08:03And the story is important because it reflects communities that actually exist.

08:07And I believe horsemanship is for everyone.

08:10That's a great answer.

08:13What she said.

08:16Also, you know, I've said this before, and I feel like I'm a broken record.

08:21But, you know, seeing a black family on screen that is messy and growth minded and,

08:31you know, hard on each other, but loving each other.

08:34And they're complicated in all the right ways and all the wrong ways.

08:38And allowing a black family to just exist through those complications,

08:43while also highlighting a black family that has generational wealth.

08:49And seeing what that looks like for this specific family.

08:53It's something that I haven't seen before.

08:55So I'm really excited for audiences to see that, you know,

08:59as Kaia said, this kind of black family does exist.

09:02Well, I want to thank you both for chatting with me this morning on Check the Rhymes

09:08Beyond Black Beauty.

09:10It premieres on Tuesday, October 15th on Prime Video.

09:13I will be locked in and loving on these horses from afar.

09:18Thank you both.

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