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2022·Documentary·2h 2m
7.7
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The life of internationally renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin is told through her slideshows, intimate interviews, ground-breaking photography, and rare footage of her personal fight to hold the Sackler family accountable for the overdose crisis.
Directed by Laura Poitras
aids
photographer
photography
political activism
interview
biography
art
gender roles
political activist
lgbt
found footage
social activism
female artist
woman director
gender ideals
activism
old footage
portrait of an artist
feminist activism
opioid crisis
figure study

Cast

Nan Goldin
Nan Goldin
Self
Sharon Niesp
Sharon Niesp
Self
Cookie Mueller
Cookie Mueller
Self (Archival Footage)

Crew

Laura Poitras
Laura Poitras
Director
Brian A. Kates
Brian A. Kates
Editor
Joe Bini
Joe Bini
Editor
Nan Goldin
Nan Goldin
Producer
Laura Poitras
Laura Poitras
Producer
Jeff Skoll
Jeff Skoll
Executive Producer
Laura Poitras
Laura Poitras
Camera Operator
Sabine Hoffman
Sabine Hoffman
Additional Editing
Nan Goldin
Nan Goldin
Music Consultant
Nat Jencks
Nat Jencks
Colorist
Nicole Halova
Nicole Halova
Additional Editor

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lauren brodauf
lauren brodauf
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
fuck big pharma. make art. never stop fighting for what you believe in.
fuck big pharma. make art. never stop fighting for what you believe in.
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amelle
amelle
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
queerness art and activism, the golden trio
queerness art and activism, the golden trio
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Justine
Justine
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Ces gens sont INCROYABLES !
Comment j'ai pu ne jamais avoir entendu parler de ce scandale avant !?
Ces gens sont INCROYABLES !
Comment j'ai pu ne jamais avoir entendu parler de ce scandale avant !?
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Meg J
Meg J
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Nan Goldin is such a badass!!! 

She weaves the story of the grief for her sister, her grief losing her friends from the AIDS epidemic, her own drug addiction, and her fight against the Sackler family into a story of resilience, rebellion, and ultimately victory! 

ACT UP! is one of the most inspiring movements of our time and it was amazing to watch her invoke them in her work against the Sacklers. 

the story is heart wrenching but it reminds me that we have to fight our fights as if it were life or death because it is!!!! we have to bring our authentic selves to our art and to our fights for a better world. 

all it takes is a small group of people to give a fuck to really change the world.
Nan Goldin is such a badass!!! 

She weaves the story of the grief for her sister, her grief losing her friends from the AIDS epidemic, her own drug addiction, and her fight against the Sackler family into a story of resilience, rebellion, and ultimately victory! 

ACT UP! is one of the most inspiring movements of our time and it was amazing to watch her invoke them in her work against the Sacklers. 

the story is heart wrenching but it reminds me that we have to fight our fights as if it were life or death because it is!!!! we have to bring our authentic selves to our art and to our fights for a better world. 

all it takes is a small group of people to give a fuck to really change the world.
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Elsabibi
Elsabibi
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
J'avais envie de me replonger dans ce film après mon passage à Paris et ma découverte approfondie du travail de Nan Goldin au Grand Palais.

Je reste submergée par sa démarche. Documenter sa vie, le quotidien des communautés queer et marginalisées, un travail vu comme narcissique et inutile par les élites de l'Art à l'époque. Mais aujourd'hui, c'est notre Histoire qui se déroule dans ses photographies.

Pour ne jamais oublier nos adelphes - placé•es en institutions à tort, maltraité•es, assassiné•es, ignoré•es en pleine pandémie, censuré•es.

Pour laisser des traces, faire entendre les voix queers, protester contre les élites qui tuent tous les jours impunément au nom du profit. Ne pas les laisser pervertir nos institutions culturelles, libérez les Arts, faire de nos vies des œuvres.

Quelle inspiration.
J'avais envie de me replonger dans ce film après mon passage à Paris et ma découverte approfondie du travail de Nan Goldin au Grand Palais.

Je reste submergée par sa démarche. Documenter sa vie, le quotidien des communautés queer et marginalisées, un travail vu comme narcissique et inutile par les élites de l'Art à l'époque. Mais aujourd'hui, c'est notre Histoire qui se déroule dans ses photographies.

Pour ne jamais oublier nos adelphes - placé•es en institutions à tort, maltraité•es, assassiné•es, ignoré•es en pleine pandémie, censuré•es.

Pour laisser des traces, faire entendre les voix queers, protester contre les élites qui tuent tous les jours impunément au nom du profit. Ne pas les laisser pervertir nos institutions culturelles, libérez les Arts, faire de nos vies des œuvres.

Quelle inspiration.
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