“When you think of the profit of people’s pain, you can only be furious,” says Nan Goldin in a new trailer for Laura Poitras’ “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed.” The award-winning documentary highlights the photographer’s mission to hold the Sackler family accountable for the opioid crisis. “There’s the Sackler family of the art world, the museum world, and philanthropy, and then there’s the big pharma marketing addiction and death,” we’re told.
Goldin uses art and activism to draw attention to the Sackler family’s wrongdoings, pushing for major museums, including the Louvre and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, to stop supporting the folks behind Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin.
“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” premiered at Venice Film Festival, where it took home the fest’s top prize, the Golden Lion.
Poitras won an Oscar for “Citizenfour,” her portrait of Edward Snowden. Her other credits include “Risk” and “The Oath.”
“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” opens in NY November 23, LA and San Francisco December 2, and additional markets December 9. Check out the trailer to hear Goldin explain the “heavy resistance” she faced from male artists and gallerists when she launched her career.
