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The Ballad Of Sexual Dependency, in particular, was a game-changer, spotlighting the post-Stonewall gay subculture of the early ’80s through frank and provocative images of Goldin’s own New York City community.Related: A candid view from the front lines of the gay liberation movement in 1970s Los AngelesNow, a new documentary is turning the lens on Goldin.

From filmmaker Laura Poitras, All The Beauty And The Bloodshed is an epic, stirring look at the past, present, and future of an icon and queer trailblazer.The feature catches up with the raconteur in her fight to take the pharmaceutical industry to task, working to hold the infamous Sackler family accountable for the opioid crisis—an epidemic she’s still recovering from herself.It tells Goldin’s amazing story through her own groundbreaking work, thoughtful interviews, and rare footage of her activism and organized protests against the Sackler’s power in the art world, which take her from the Met to the Louvre to the Guggenheim Museum.Related: Masculinity and queer life explored in major new photography exhibitionPoitras—who directed the Oscar-winning Edward Snowden doc Citizenfour—has already been garnering acclaim for All The Beauty And The Bloodshed.

After making its global premiere at the Venice International Film Festival, the feature was awarded The Golden Lion, the festival’s top prize.

The overwhelmingly positive reception already has awards prognosticators betting on it for next years’ Academy Awards.This weekend, the film will play the London Film Festival, and then it will close out NYC’s queer film festival, Newfest, the following week.

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