Conbody vs Everybody
6 Episodes
Filmed over eight years, this five-part documentary series from director Debra Granik combines a remarkable, against-the-odds story of grit, survival, and redemption with an incisive look at the harms of America’s prison industrial complex. After years in and out of prison, former drug dealer turned entrepreneur Coss Marte is determined to take control of his future by building Conbody, a New York City gym with a unique social purpose: to employ formerly incarcerated people like himself in an attempt to combat the high rate of recidivism. As Marte wages an uphill battle against the stigma of incarceration and the realities of a relentlessly gentrifying city where second chances are hard to come by, what emerges is both an inspiring portrait of a man on a mission and a powerful examination of a system that continues to punish people even after they have served their time.
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15:27Episode 1Debra Granik Interview
Episode 1
Meet Debra Granik, a self-described “observer” whose multipart documentary CONBODY VS. EVERYBODY tracks an ex-con entrepreneur’s efforts to build a business in a gentrifying New York City. In the following interview, Granik describes her path to filmmaking via sociology, her interest in the high ...
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1:04:22Episode 2CONBODY VS EVERYBODY: Episode 1
Episode 2
“Origins”
Directed by Debra Granik • 2025 • United StatesCoss Marte, recently home from prison, builds a team of ex-cons who have a dream to own and operate a gym where they can teach exercise routines they learned in prison. They name the gym Conbody.
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1:04:19Episode 3CONBODY VS EVERYBODY: Episode 2
Episode 3
“New Horizons + Growing Pains”
Directed by Debra Granik • 2025 • United StatesThe Conbody gym attracts attention and clients. One of the trainers is sent back to jail on a parole violation, and the Conbody crew must step up to help him.
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1:09:33Episode 4CONBODY VS EVERYBODY: Episode 3
Episode 4
“Ups and Downs”
Directed by Debra Granik • 2025 • United StatesNew trainers join Conbody, and the gym opens a pop-up workout spot at Saks Fifth Avenue. Coss’s younger brother, Chris Marte, runs for New York City Council, shaking up an entrenched local political regime. Tragedy strikes, leaving ...
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1:10:33Episode 5CONBODY VS EVERYBODY: Episode 4
Episode 5
“Here to Stay”
Directed by Debra Granik • 2025 • United StatesAs luxury construction transforms the Lower East Side, Conbody is forced to move again. The team continues to grow, and new personal milestones are reached. Coss participates in a prestigious start-up incubator program, searching for...
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1:07:31Episode 6CONBODY VS EVERYBODY: Episode 5
Episode 6
“We Belong”
Directed by Debra Granik • 2025 • United StatesAfter the COVID pandemic forces the gym to close, Conbody finds ways to stay afloat, taking to the parks to offer outdoor classes. The killing of George Floyd brings protesters into a tense face-off with police in the streets of NYC. Ch...