Backside

About Backside

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.

Backside (2025) is a documentary film directed by Raúl O. Paz-Pastrana. It runs 85 minutes and was released in June 2025.

The screenplay is by Cristina Carrasco Hernández and Gabriella Garcia-Pardo. American members can watch it on PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel.