All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

'All the Beauty and the Bloodshed' is a documentary directed by Laura Poitras ('Citizenfour') that follows the life of artist and photographer Nan Goldin and her activism against the Sackler pharmaceutical dynasty, owners of Purdue Pharma, the people responsible for the largest opioid epidemic in the history of the United States, that left an untold number dead from the addictive drug OxyContin. Created in someway that makes the audience feel like another witness that is living the history Poitras is filming, or like another asisstan to the protests.

'All the Beauty and the Bloodshed' has received numerous awards and nominations, including the Golden Lion in Venice 2022 for Best Film, the New York Critics' Award for Best Documentary and nominations in the same category at the BAFTAs, Gotham, Indie Spirit and Satellite Awards in the same year.

To make the documentary possible, the persons from who the story talks, such as Nan Goldin, David Armstrong, Marina Berio, Noemi Bonazzi, Harry Cullen, Alfonse D'amato, esse Helms, Megan Kapler, Patrick Radden Keefe, Ed Koch, John Mearsheimer, Annatina Miescher, Cookie Mueller, Sharon Niesp, Darryl Pinckney, Alexis Pleus, Mike Quinn and Anwar Sadat haved worked In collaboration with Poitras.