ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED

About the Film

Documentary | 113 MIN | US

An epic story about artist and activist Nan Goldin, told through her groundbreaking photography and rare footage of her fight to hold the Sackler family accountable for the opioid crisis.

FESTIVALS | AWARDS 2022
Venice International Film Festival: Winner – Golden Lion

DIRECTOR

Laura Poitras

WRITTEN BY

Laura Poitras

FILM REVIEWS

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed Is an Incendiary Portrait of Art and Activism

By Alison Willmore
VULTURE

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A portrait of an artist in Venice-winning doc

By Lindsey Bahr
AP PRESS

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The art, rage and action of Nan Goldin in ‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’

By Robert Abele
LOS ANGELES TIMES

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A stirring document of empathy and creativity used as weapons against immoral hegemony

By Richard Lawson
VAINTY FAIR

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