Many of the same museums around the world that were beginning to collect Goldin's photographs were also naming buildings after the Sacklers - in exchange for lavish donations. The Sackler family, meanwhile, was growing fabulously wealthy, first by selling Valium and then aggressively marketing Oxycontin. She was later one of the earliest American artists to take on the AIDS epidemic, mounting a show in the late 1980s that drew national attention and controversy. Nan Goldin, left, and director Laura Poitras pose at the photo call of the film All The Beauty and the Bloodshed during the 79th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Sept. The film by Laura Poitras shows Goldin growing up in an abusive family, surviving foster care and living homeless in New York City. It won the Gold Lion for best film this year at the Venice International Film Festival. That's the revelation in the new documentary about Goldin, All The Beauty and The Bloodshed, out now in limited release. What I missed in those encounters with Goldin - hidden behind the chain smoking and the weary laugh - was the power, stubbornness and battle-hardened courage that helped her take on the Sacklers. I've been deeply depressed and horrified," she said. She later came to believe the Sacklers lied about their drug's safety and were unlikely to be held accountable.
Goldin herself became addicted to pain pills after surgery.
She was talking about members of the Sackler family, who own Purdue Pharma, the maker of Oxycontin. "I've never seen such an abuse of justice," Goldin told me. Movies Director Laura Poitras on her new documentary 'All the Beauty and the Bloodshed'
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