All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Fearless documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras’s career-long pursuit of truth and justice finds powerful expression in an epic story of art, activism, and survival. Made in collaboration with renowned artist Nan Goldin, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed entwines the mission of PAIN—an advocacy group she founded to raise awareness about the billionaire Sackler family’s integral role in the ongoing crisis of opioid overdoses—with an intimate journey through Goldin’s life, from her rebellious adolescence and immersion in New York City’s thriving underground arts scene to her personal experiences of addiction and the AIDS epidemic. Through it all, her indelible photographs and candid reflections on memory and trauma reveal her unyielding solidarity with marginalized communities that refuse to remain silent.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New high-definition digital master, approved by director Laura Poitras and artist Nan Goldin, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- New interview with Poitras
- Two conversations from the 2022 New York Film Festival, one featuring Poitras, Goldin, coproducer and PAIN activist Megan Kapler, PAIN activist Harry Cullen, and lawyer and PAIN member Mike Quinn discussing the making of the film, and the other featuring Goldin on art and activism
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing and English descriptive audio
- PLUS: An essay by author and activist Sarah Schulman
Photography by Nan Goldin
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New high-definition digital master, approved by director Laura Poitras and artist Nan Goldin, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- New interview with Poitras
- Two conversations from the 2022 New York Film Festival, one featuring Poitras, Goldin, coproducer and PAIN activist Megan Kapler, PAIN activist Harry Cullen, and lawyer and PAIN member Mike Quinn discussing the making of the film, and the other featuring Goldin on art and activism
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing and English descriptive audio
- PLUS: An essay by author and activist Sarah Schulman
Photography by Nan Goldin
Cast
- Nan Goldin
- Participants
- Marina Berio
- Noemi Bonazzi
- Harry Cullen
- Megan Kapler
- Annatina Miescher
- Mike Quinn
- Patrick Radden Keefe
- Darryl Pinckney
- Maggie Smith
- David Velasco
- Alexis Pleus
- Robert Suarez
- Urban Survivors Union
- VOCAL-NY
- PAIN
- David Armstrong
- Barbara Goldin
- Cookie Mueller
- Sharon Niesp
- David Wojnarowicz
Credits
- Director
- Laura Poitras
- Produced by
- Howard Gertler
- Produced by
- John Lyons
- Produced by
- Nan Goldin
- Produced by
- Yoni Golijov
- Produced by
- Laura Poitras
- Executive producer
- Jeff Skoll
- Executive producer
- Diane Weyermann
- Executive producer
- Clare Carter
- Executive producer
- Alex Kwartler
- Executive producer
- Hayley Theisen
- Edited by
- Amy Foote
- Edited by
- Joe Bini
- Edited by
- Brian A. Kates
- Archival coproducer
- Olivia Streisand
- Archival producer
- Shanti Avirgan
- Coproducer
- Megan Kapler
- Music by
- Soundwalk Collective
- Music supervisor
- Dawn Sutter Madell
- Photography and slideshows by
- Nan Goldin
- Music consultant
- Nan Goldin
- Postproduction producer
- Keetin Mayakara
- New York Super 8 mm
- Vivienne Dick
- New York 16 mm and 35 mm
- Bette Gordon
- Provincetown Super 8 mm
- Frank Crivelli
- Camera
- Clare Carter
- Camera
- Sean Vegezzi
- Camera
- Alex Wolf Lewis
- Camera
- Laura Poitras
- Associate editor
- Marley McDonald
- Associate editor
- Matt Hixon
- Additional editing by
- Joseph Krings
- Additional editing by
- Sabine Hoffman
- Additional interviews by
- David Breslin
- Additional interviews by
- Alex Fialho
- Additional interviews by
- Thomas Allen Harris
- Additional interviews by
- Phil Zwickler
- Investigative researcher
- Adam Mellion
Trailer for All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
