Fearless documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras’s career-long pursuit of truth and justice finds powerful expression in an epic story of art, activism, and survival. Made in collaboration with renowned artist Nan Goldin, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed entwines the mission of PAIN—an advocacy group she founded to raise awareness about the billionaire Sackler family’s integral role in the ongoing crisis of opioid overdoses—with an intimate journey through Goldin’s life, from her rebellious adolescence and immersion in New York City’s thriving underground arts scene to her personal experiences of addiction and the AIDS epidemic. Through it all, her indelible photographs and candid reflections on memory and trauma reveal her unyielding solidarity with marginalized communities that refuse to remain silent. DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New high-definition digital master, approved by director Laura Poitras and artist Nan Goldin, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack New interview with Poitras Two conversations from the 2022 New York Film Festival, one featuring Poitras, Goldin, coproducer and PAIN activist Megan Kapler, PAIN activist Harry Cullen, and lawyer and PAIN member Mike Quinn discussing the making of the film, and the other featuring Goldin on art and activism Trailer English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing and English descriptive audio PLUS: An essay by author and activist Sarah Schulman
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Extraordinary documentary filmmaking (as usual for Laura Poitras) but here the subject matter is even more compelling. Terrific intersections between the photography craft and personal life of Nan Goldin with her activism around how the wealthy launder money via donations to our finest museums and thereby gain cachet despite the murderous wake of their corporate behavior. Poitras trains her eye here on successful efforts by Goldin and others to hold the Sackler family accountable for Purdue Ph...
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