ONE NIGHT ONLY – APRIL 14TH
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 ofrece una mirada íntima y lírica a los trabajadores inmigrantes que, desde las 2 a.m., los siete días de la semana, cuidan los caballos de carreras más valiosos del mundo. En los establos de Churchill Downs, en Louisville, Kentucky, conocidos como el backside, esta película observa la conexión entre humanos y animales, revelando la belleza silenciosa de un trabajo invisible.
Presented in Partnership with Mountain Dreamers. 50% of ticket proceeds will go to Mountain Dreamers with further opportunity to donate at the event.
Filmmaker in Attendance:
Raúl O. Paz-Pastrana is a Mexican immigrant filmmaker, cinematographer, and multimedia creator based in Denver, Colorado. His work intersects experimental non-fiction, participatory filmmaking, and visual ethnography to explore themes of belonging, alienation and the concept of “home.” Raúl is an alum of the 2025 Breckenridge Film Festival, where he attended with his short film, “And the Stars are the Same”.