Panorama: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

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Featuring a post-film Q&A with film subjects and activists from Prescription Addiction Intervention Now (P.A.I.N.). 

Guests will include:

  • Harry Cullen, film subject and  PAIN activist 
  • Megan Kapler, film subject, PAIN activist, and co-producer
  • Dr. Darshali Vyas, local PAIN activist (Harvard alum who organized the PAIN protest with Harry and Megan in 2018)

About the Film

In her essential, urgent, and arrestingly structured new documentary from Participant, Academy Award®–winning filmmaker Laura Poitras (Citizenfour) weaves two narratives: the fabled life and career of era-defining artist Nan Goldin and the downfall of the Sackler family, the pharmaceutical dynasty Goldin personally took on in her fight to hold accountable those responsible for the deadly opioid epidemic. Following her own personal struggle with opioid addiction, Goldin, who rose from the New York “No Wave” underground to become one of the great photographers of the late 20th century, put herself at the forefront of the battle against the Sacklers, both as an activist at art institutions around the world that had accepted millions from the family and as an advocate for the destigmatization of drug addiction. 

Illustrated with a rich trove of photographs by Goldin, who mesmerizingly narrates her own story, including her dysfunctional suburban upbringing, the loss of her teenage sister, and her community’s fight against AIDS in the 1980s, Poitras’s film is an enthralling, empowering work that stirringly connects personal tragedy, political awareness, and artistic expression. 

Winner of the prestigious Golden Lion Award for Best Film at the 2022 Venice Film Festival.

 

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Winner of the Golden Lion at the 2022 Venice Film Festival. From Oscar-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras (Citizenfour).