Backside(2025)

The Unseen Hands of Horse Racing

85 min · Documentary · Directed by Raúl O. Paz-Pastrana

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Over the span of one racing season, the strikingly intimate Backside foregrounds the lives and actions of immigrant workers who look after prized racehorses at Churchill Downs barns in Louisville Kentucky — the site of the famous Kentucky Derby.

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US release dates

Premiere: June 7, 2025

Crew

Raúl O. Paz-PastranaDirector, Writer, Director of Photography
Cristina Carrasco HernándezWriter, Editor
Gabriella Garcia-PardoWriter
Patricia Alvarez AstacioWriter