All the Beauty and the Bloodshed: Emotional and intimate documentary by Academy Award winner Laura Poitras about artist and activist Nan Goldin and her advocacy against the opioid crisis in the U.S.
Plot and background
U.S. artist and activist Nan Goldin is considered one of the best-known and most influential contemporary photographers. She gained particular notoriety with “Ballad of Sexual Dependency,” a slide show she created in the 1980s depicting her life and that of her friends in 1970s and 1980s New York. Goldin intimately captures the LGBTQ community and the “no wave” underground scene she was a part of.
With “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” an emotional documentary about the internationally renowned artist is now coming to theaters. The film tells her story with the help of slide shows, personal interviews, impressive photographs of the artist and rare film footage. It covers, among other things, her activist fight against the billionaire Sackler family, which bears a major responsibility in the spreading opioid crisis in the United States. Through her activist group Pain, which Goldin launched in 2018, she still draws attention to the Sacklers’ culpability and speaks out against cultural institutions that accept donations from members of the family.
“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” – background, cast, theatrical release
Filmmaker Laura Poitras won her first Oscar trophy back in 2015 for her documentary “Citizenfour,” about U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden. With “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” the director is now filming the story of a world-famous artist and important activist. Poitras has already won the Venice Golden Lion for the film and is in the running as a candidate for the 2023 Oscar for Best Documentary Feature.
“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” will be in German cinemas from May 25, 2023.
