Independent Lens: Backside – The Unseen Hands of Horse Racing

Friday, June 12 at 9pm on KRCB

Immigrant grooms work year-round on the hidden “backside” of Churchill Downs. Rising before dawn, they care for some of the world’s most prized Kentucky Derby racehorses, revealing how race, labor, and class shape an elite American industry. Backside: The Unseen Hands of Horse Racing honors the resilience that’s behind the spectacle.

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