All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022)
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Laura Poitras, director of the 87th Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for "Citizenfour: The Snowden Exposé," presents a documentary that follows the life and career of photographer Nan Goldin and her work to hold those responsible for the spread of medical opioids.
Goldin began her career as a photographer in her teens after her sister's death and has produced works that reflect the times, including portraits of herself, her family, and friends, as well as drugs and sexuality.
After being administered the opioid painkiller OxyContin during surgery and becoming addicted to it, she was on the verge of death and founded the support group PAIN in 2017.
She pursues the responsibility of the pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma, which sells OxyContin, its owners, the billionaire Sackler family, and the art world, which received significant donations from the Sackler family.
The film won the Golden Lion at the 79th Venice International Film Festival in 2022. It was nominated for the 95th Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
2022 production / 121 minutes / R15+ / USA
Original title: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Distributor: Clockworks
Theatrical release date: March 29, 2024
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022) -IMDb 7.5/10
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Follows the life of artist Nan Goldin and the downfall of the Sackler family, the pharmaceutical dynasty that was greatly responsible for the opioid epidemic's unfathomable death toll.
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Nan Goldin, a photographer who shot subjects considered radical at the time, such as drug culture, gay subculture, and the post-punk/new wave scene of the 1970s and 1980s, was highly praised for her talent and became a star of her time.
On March 10, 2018, she visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York with many friends. She didn't come because her work was being exhibited, nor did she come to view the exhibits at the museum. Her destination was the Sackler Wing, an exhibition space named after the wealthy pharmaceutical company owner who donated a large amount of money to the museum.
Soon after arriving, the girls began to throw containers of medicine labelled with the painkiller OxyContin at the same time. They all shouted, "The Sackler family is a family of murderers!"
OxyContin is a type of opioid painkiller, a legal drug that is said to have caused more than 500,000 deaths in the United States. So why did she decide to speak out and fight against such colossal capital? Goldin's journey as a person before she was an artist, with encounters and partings with influential people, is now revealed.
Introduction
Opioid Crisis
Opioids are medical painkillers (medical narcotics) made from ingredients extracted from poppies or their compounds and have excellent pain-relieving effects as well as euphoria and anti-anxiety effects.
In 1995, the pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma received approval for the opioid prescription painkiller OxyContin in the United States and actively sold it, claiming that it was safe and less addictive. It began to be prescribed in large quantities, mainly for pain treatment, and from around 2000, there was a sharp increase in addiction and deaths from overdose. Over the past 20 years, more than 500,000 people have died in the United States, making it a major social problem.
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The spotlight is on Nan Goldin, a female photographer.
Her original work is sensational, with themes of "subculture" and "underground."
However, the film begins with her and her supporters visiting the MET and holding a die-in demonstration to denounce pharmaceutical companies.
Hindered by security guards and attracting the curious eyes of visitors, she takes action with a strong will.
She turns her back on the fact that the Sackler family, the wealthy pharmaceutical company owners, are the cause of more than 500,000 deaths across the United States due to drug addiction caused by their company's OxyContin.
On the other hand, they protested against the family's significant donation to the museum, which has a corner bearing the family name.
Similar demonstrations will be held at the Guggenheim Museum and many other museums bearing Sackler's donations.
The film candidly depicts her childhood experiences and journey to fame, parallel to her current activities.
The loss of her sister, Barbara, to suicide and the deaths of LGBTQ acquaintances who were also subjects of her early activities from AIDS have had a significant impact on her work and activities now.
The latter, in particular, is a source of anger and motivation for her actions, as the government's inaction against a rare disease in some communities spread damage.
What a terrible life story emerges from this.
There was a barrier in her relationship with her parents; her boyfriend abused her, and she nearly lost her sight, and she has experienced withdrawal from drug addiction.
However, these things form the backbone of her art and activities.
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All the Beauty and the Bloodshed is a 2022 American biographical documentary film about photographer, artist, and activist Nan Goldin. The film is produced, co-edited and directed by Laura Poitras and tackles Goldin's life through her advocacy during the HIV/AIDS crisis in the 80s and her fight against the Sackler family for their role in the current opioid epidemic in the United States. Poitras, a long-time friend and fan, stated, "Nan's art and vision have inspired my work for years and has influenced generations of filmmakers."
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Clare Hollingworth
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Clare Hollingworth OBE (October 10 1911 – January 10 2017) was an English journalist and author. She was the first war correspondent to report the outbreak of World War II, described as "the scoop of the century". As a rookie reporter for The Daily Telegraph in 1939, while travelling from Poland to Germany, she spotted and reported German forces massed on the Polish border. The Daily Telegraph headline read: "1,000 tanks massed on Polish border" Three days later, she was the first to report the German invasion of Poland.
Hani Motoko
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hani_Motoko
Hani Motoko (Japanese: 羽仁 もと子, 1873 - 1957) is considered to be Japan's first female journalist.
Born into a former samurai family, Hani was born in Matsuoka Motoko in Aomori Prefecture and was baptized a Christian in 1890. She was educated at Tokyo First Higher Women's School and then at the Meiji Women's Christian School. After leaving school in 1892, she taught in Hachinohe and Morioka. Her marriage in 1895 did not work out, so she moved to Tokyo, where she worked as a maid for a female doctor. She joined Hochi Shinbun in 1897, working first as a copy editor and later becoming a reporter. In 1901, she married a co-worker, Hani Yoshikazu. Together, they founded a new magazine called Fujin no Tomo (Women's Friend) in 1908. An association of readers of that magazine was established in 1930 and still exists as of 1999. In 1921, the couple founded a private school for girls, Jiyu Gakuen. She wrote an autobiography in 1928 titled Speaking of Myself.
