Conbody vs Everybody: Episodes 1–3
This program is presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Part of the UCLA Film & Television Archive screening series Debra Granik Presents: Conbody vs Everybody. Learn more at cinema.ucla.edu.
In person: post-screening Q&A with director Debra Granik and Coss Marte, owner of CONBODY.
North American premiere of new director’s cut
Each year, 650,000 people are released from prison in the U.S., only to confront stigma and systemic exclusion. Directed by Debra Granik (Winter’s Bone), Conbody vs Everybody follows Coss Marte, a former drug dealer turned fitness entrepreneur, and his community of formerly incarcerated New Yorkers as they build a gym — and a life — on their own terms. Spanning eight years, the five-part docuseries captures their humor, grit and moral clarity amid gentrification and the pandemic, asking one of the most urgent moral questions of our time: after someone serves their sentence, why do we keep them imprisoned?
Director: Debra Granik With: Coss Marte, Syretta Wright, Derek Drescher.
Episode 1 (2024)
As Conbody’s profile rises with increased media attention, Coss works to find investors and secure a permanent space.
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Episode 2 (2024)
Conbody trainer Shane hits a setback and Coss and the team pitch in to help.
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Episode 3 (2024)
Syretta starts as a trainer at Conbody after her recent return home from prison. Coss supports his younger brother’s first run for City Council.
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