Golden Lion goes to film about photographer Nan Goldin’s campaign against the Sackler family
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, Laura Poitras’ epic documentary about photographer Nan Goldin and her activism against the Sackler family and their art connections, has been awarded the Golden Lion for best film at the 79th Venice international film festival.
Poitras, the American film-maker behind the Oscar-winning Edward Snowden documentary Citizenfour, thanked the festival for recognising that “documentary is cinema” at the ceremony on Saturday evening in Venice. Neon is expected to release the film in cinemas this autumn.
