BACKSIDE

2025 / 4k / 85 minutes

Backside offers an intimate and tender glimpse into the lives of immigrant workers who begin their days at 2 a.m., seven days a week, year-round, caring for some of the world’s most prized racehorses.

Set against the backdrop of a racing season at Churchill Downs’ barns in Louisville, Kentucky —known as the “backside”—this observational-sensorial film reveals the symbiotic relationship of human and animal labor, celebrating the quiet beauty of unseen work and the resilience of those who sustain it.

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UPCOMING SCREENINGS:

WORLD PREMIERE – TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL, NYC
- JUNE 7,8,9 &14 TICKETS HERE
MÉXICO/LATIN AMERICAN PREMIERE – Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia (FICM), Michoacán, México
- Monday October 13, 8:30PM, Cinépolis Centro Sala 1
- Tuesday October 14, 4:30PM, Centro Cultural Universitario (GRATIS – FREE Screening)
DOCSMX – Mexico City
- Sunday October 26, 1:15PM, Cineteca Nacional
- Monday October 27, 8:30PM, Parque España (GRATIS – FREE Screening)
Denver Film Festival
- Fri, Nov 7th, 3:30 PM @ The Holiday Theater
- Sat, Nov 8th, 10:00 AM @ The Holiday Theater TICKETS HERE
New Hampshire Film Festival
- Friday October 17, 5:40PM, Moffat-Ladd Warehouse (Free Screening)
- Sunday October 19, 2:10PM, 3s ArtSpace TICKETS HERE
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival
- Sunday October 12, 11:30AM, Cinema 1 (Crystal Ballroom) TICKETS HERE
CineFest Latino Boston
- Saturday, September 27th, 5pm EMERSON PARAMOUNT CENTER Tickets here
THE HORSE COUNTRY TOUR – 10 Screenings across Louisville & Lexington, KY
- Tuesday, September 23 8pm – Workers Screening
  Churchill Downs Infield – where the Kentucky Derby takes place!
- Wednesday, September 24, 6 pm
  Speed Art Museum CINEMA+, Louisville, Kentucky
- Thursday, September 25, 6 pm
  Speed Art Museum CINEMA+, Louisville, Kentucky
- Friday, September 26, 6 pm
  Speed Art Museum CINEMA+, Louisville, Kentucky
- Friday, September 26, 7pm
  Kentucky Theater, Twelve Lions Festival, Lexington, Kentucky
  FREE to the public
- Saturday, September 27, Noon
  Speed Art Museum CINEMA+, Louisville, Kentucky
- Saturday, September 27, 3 pm
  Speed Art Museum CINEMA+, Louisville, Kentucky
- Saturday, September 27, 6 pm
  Speed Art Museum CINEMA+, Louisville, Kentucky
- Sunday, September 28, 12:30 pm
  Speed Art Museum CINEMA+, Louisville, Kentucky
- Sunday, September 28, 3:30 pm Speed Art Museum CINEMA+, Louisville, Kentucky (Spanish Open Caption version with discussion in Spanish) FREE to the public
MVFF 25th Celebration Screening Series, Martha’s Vineyard The Grange Hall, August 15th, 2025