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 stakes of everyday life, how CONBODY germinated as a fiction film before becoming a documentary, and the way she looks for nobility in each and every one of her characters.
Up Next in Season 1
-
CONBODY VS EVERYBODY: Episode 1
“Origins”
Directed by Debra Granik • 2024 • 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.
-
CONBODY VS EVERYBODY: Episode 2
“New Horizons + Growing Pains”
Directed by Debra Granik • 2024 • 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.
-
CONBODY VS EVERYBODY: Episode 3
“Ups and Downs”
Directed by Debra Granik • 2024 • 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 ...
