Nan Goldin vs the Sacklers in "All the Beauty and the Bloodshed"

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Thom Powers
Documentary of the Week | Mar 17, 2023

"All the Beauty and the Bloodshed" profiles the artist Nan Goldin and her fight to have the Sackler family held accountable for the opioid epidemic. Oscar-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras explores Goldin's complex history as an artist and activist while chronicling her recent campaign to have art institutions disassociate themselves from the Sacklers as donors.

 

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