VIDEO – ACTIVISM SAVES LIVES –
Dec. 7, 2022 – As the opioid epidemic rages on across the U.S., impacting Canada as well, Oscar-winning director Laura Poitras is telling the story of renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin’s journey to hold the Sackler family (owners of Purdue Pharma, makers of OxyContin) accountable for profiting off this crisis with the film All the Beauty and the Bloodshed.
It’s a deeply personal and affecting documentary that shows how Goldin has used her influence in the art world to expose the Sackler family and shame museums taking money from the Purdue Pharma owners, while also blending Goldin’s personal history and relationships as a way to set the stage for the artist’s present-day activism.
“I was just really compelled that Nan was using her power in the art world to confront this really problematic issue of white washing of money in museums,” Poitras told Yahoo Canada. “She chose to leverage her unique position to just completely reject the status quo.”
