There’s a quiet and a peace ensconced within the rhythm of the racetrack backstretch that most people aren’t lucky enough to ...
Premieres Monday, April 13, 2026 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS+. Set at Churchill Downs, Backside is a portrait of ...
Seventeen years ago, Odilia Castillo, now 37, traveled from her home in Chiapas, Mexico, north to work as a "hot walker" on Kentucky's race tracks. Every morning she wakes up at 3 a.m. and heads to ...
This fall, the Speed Art Museum will host screenings of "Backside," a compelling, observational documentary by Raúl O. Paz-Pastrana that honors the primarily immigrant workforce quietly sustaining the ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - As Derby season is fast approaching, one nonprofit is working to ensure the workers on Churchill Downs’ backside, and their families, are supported. The organization also ...