113 mins |
Rated
R18
Nan Goldin:
All The Beauty And The Bloodshed is an emotional and interconnected story about internationally renowned and ground-breaking photographer Nan Goldin who turns the lens on her own life. Goldin’s photographic work documenting the fragile and nocturnal world of Boston’s drag queen scene is a fascinating subject but what elevates this documentary is her crusade against the Sackler family. The Sacklers were notorious art world philanthropists but also owned Purdue Pharma, the now-bankrupt company responsible for the manufacture of prescription painkiller OxyContin. Goldin, an OxyContin addiction survivor, stages powerful protests in a bid to hold them accountable for their role in an opioid epidemic that has claimed more than 500,000 lives since 2000 in the United States.
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Nan Goldin:
All The Beauty And The Bloodshed is an emotional and interconnected story about internationally renowned and ground-breaking photographer Nan Goldin who turns the lens on her own life. Goldin’s photographic work documenting the fragile and nocturnal world of Boston’s drag queen scene is a fascinating subject but what elevates this documentary is her crusade against the Sackler family. The Sacklers were notorious art world philanthropists but also owned Purdue Pharma, the now-bankrupt company responsible for the manufacture of prescription painkiller OxyContin. Goldin, an OxyContin addiction survivor, stages powerful protests in a bid to hold them accountable for their role in an opioid epidemic that has claimed more than 500,000 lives since 2000 in the United States.