All The Beauty and the Bloodshed CFF

United States, 2022, 117 mins.

DIRECTOR: Laura Poitras

WITH: Nan Goldin

You may know Nan Goldin as a stellar name in the canon of contemporary American photography – and that she is – but Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras (Citizenfour) invites you to an emotional journey through the artist’s life, as narrated by herself. Winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice film festival, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed is always guided by Goldin’s voice, unflinching and always honest, paired with snapshots and slideshows such as her most famous “The Ballad of Sexual Dependency” and never-seen-before footage of the activist group she founded with the aim to confront the Sackler family for funding and fuelling the opioid crisis.

“Laura Poitras levels up with a devastating work of shocking intelligence and still greater emotional power.” Sophie Monks Kaufman for Indiewire

The Cambridge Film Festival is presented by the Cambridge Film Trust, a registered charity with a mission to foster film culture and education for the benefit of the public, in Cambridge and the Eastern region but also throughout the UK.

Content warning: Contains distressing scenes and abuse