ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED: 2022 (Available for streaming on Prime Video, MAX, Hulu, and Apple TV+) This documentary film examines the life and career of photographer and internationally renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin. She is well known for her efforts to hold the Sackler family accountable for the opioid epidemic created by their drug OxyContin and its unfathomable death toll. At the 95th Academy Awards, All The Beauty and the Bloodshed was nominated for Best Documentary. Directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras, the film is structured in seven chapters, each of which begins with a phoographic sequence of a period in Goldin's life and then transitions to footage of her recent protests. The section on the AIDS crisis is crushing, and focuses on friends of Goldin’s who didn’t make it out of the catastrophe alive. Goldin’s life and career were profoundly influenced by the tragic death of her older sister, Barbara. As you probably guessed there aren’t a lot of laughs in this movie. Critics loved it more than typical audiences earning 95% and 63% on Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer. Barb and I are somewhere between these two groups. GRADE B