The Unseen Hands of Horse Racing
2025 · 1h 25m · Documentary
Genres: Documentary
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.
Director: Raúl O. Paz-Pastrana
Writers: Raúl O. Paz-Pastrana, Cristina Carrasco Hernández, Gabriella Garcia-Pardo
Cinematography: Raúl O. Paz-Pastrana
Editor: Cristina Carrasco Hernández