Poitras directs ‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’

A new film by American director Laura Poitras, shows how a campaign by photographer Nan Goldin made the world’s leading museums drop ties with the Sackler family, because of their link with opioids. Patrick Radden Keefe, author of Empire of Pain, also plays a role in the film. He visited the John Adams in 2021.



All The Beauty and the Bloodshed, a new film by American director Laura Poitras, shows how a campaign led by photographer Nan Goldin prompted the world’s leading museums and galleries to drop financial ties with the Sackler family, because of their link with the opioid drug OxyContin. Patrick Radden Keefe, author of Empire of Pain, also plays a role in the film. He visited the John Adams in 2021.