Film
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (18)
Dir. Laure Poitras, US, 2022, 122 mins. With. Nan Goldin, David Armstrong (archive footage), Marina Berio.
Oscar-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras (Citizenfour) presents a stirring portrait of renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin, focussing on her fight against Big Pharma. After struggling with addiction to the opioid painkiller Oxycontin, in 2017 the photographer attempted to hold the Sackler family (owners of Purdue Pharma) to account for their responsibility for the staggering opioid epidemic in the USA. Through the foundation of the protest organisation PAIN (Prescription Addiction Intervention Now), Goldin began lobbying galleries and museums, who received donations from the Sacklers, to disavow the family and its ill-gotten funds.
Poitras's film is an unconventional biography that ties Goldin's work and its themes in with her activism and personal history. All the Beauty and the Bloodshed is an empowering work about political awareness and artistic expression, and is an inspiring call to arms. One of the best documentaries of the year.
"A devastating work of shocking intelligence and still greater emotional power." - INDIEWIRE
For detailed information about the film's age rating and potential triggering contents, you can visit the BBFC website and search the film title, then scroll down to the “ratings info” section: www.bbfc.co.uk
Oscar-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras (Citizenfour) presents a stirring portrait of renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin, focussing on her fight against Big Pharma. After struggling with addiction to the opioid painkiller Oxycontin, in 2017 the photographer attempted to hold the Sackler family (owners of Purdue Pharma) to account for their responsibility for the staggering opioid epidemic in the USA. Through the foundation of the protest organisation PAIN (Prescription Addiction Intervention Now), Goldin began lobbying galleries and museums, who received donations from the Sacklers, to disavow the family and its ill-gotten funds.
Poitras's film is an unconventional biography that ties Goldin's work and its themes in with her activism and personal history. All the Beauty and the Bloodshed is an empowering work about political awareness and artistic expression, and is an inspiring call to arms. One of the best documentaries of the year.
"A devastating work of shocking intelligence and still greater emotional power." - INDIEWIRE
For detailed information about the film's age rating and potential triggering contents, you can visit the BBFC website and search the film title, then scroll down to the “ratings info” section: www.bbfc.co.uk