‘All of the Magnificence and the Bloodshed’ Scores Raft of Recent Gross sales

The U.Ok.’s Altitude Movie Gross sales and Participant Media within the U.S. have introduced a slew of recent gross sales on Laura Poitras’ doc “All of the Magnificence and the Bloodshed,” which gained the Golden Lion at this 12 months’s Venice Movie Competition.

The high-profile doc about U.S. artist and activist Nan Goldin and her battle to carry the Sackler household accountable for the opioid overdose disaster, which additionally performed in Toronto and New York, has been acquired by Madman for Australia and New Zealand; Cineart for Benelux and Pyramide Movies for France.

Additional offers had been additionally closed with Klockworx (Japan); Strada (Greece); Solar Distribution Group (Latin America); Leopardes (Portugal); In opposition to Gravity (Poland); MCF (Former-Yugoslavia); Nonstop (Scandinavia/Baltics); Challan (South Korea); Hooray Movies (Taiwan); Movie Europe (Czech/Slovakia); Filmarti (Turkey) and Entrance Row Leisure for the Center East. Beforehand introduced offers embrace Plaion (previously Koch Media) for German-speaking Europe, I Marvel for Italy and Filmin for Spain.

It’s the fifth documentary function directed by Poitras, who gained an Oscar for the Edward Snowden  documentary “Citizenfour,” and it’s “a portrait of Goldin, and a deft and satisfying one, although it’s not a standard biography,” wrote Selection chief critic Owen Gleiberman in his Venice evaluate. “Half of it’s about Goldin’s life and work, and the opposite half is in regards to the marketing campaign she launched, starting in 2018, in opposition to the Sackler household, the homeowners of Purdue Pharma, the drug firm that created the opioids disaster,” he added.

Altitude Movie Distribution are dealing with the U.Ok. and Eire whereas Neon and HBO shall be releasing
the doc in North America.

“Magnificence and the Bloodshed” is produced by Howard Gertler, John Lyons, Nan Goldin, Yoni Golijov and Poitras. Govt producers are Participant’s Jeff Skoll and Diane Weyermann; Clare Carter; Alex Kwartler; and Hayley Theisen.