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The Crime of the Century is an American two-part documentary film directed, produced, and written by Alex Gibney.The film follows the opioid epidemic in the United States, and the political operatives, government regulations and corporations that enable the abuse of opioids, particularly the Sackler family and Purdue Pharma.
Painkiller is an American drama television miniseries created by Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster. [4] Based on Patrick Radden Keefe's New Yorker article "The Family That Built an Empire of Pain" and Pain Killer: An Empire of Deceit and the Origin of America's Opioid Epidemic by Barry Meier, [5] the series focuses on the birth of the opioid crisis, with an emphasis on Purdue Pharma, the ...
The Sackler family has been profiled in various media, including the documentary Crime of the Century on HBO, the book Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe, the 2021 Hulu miniseries Dopesick, the 2022 Oscar-nominated documentary All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, and the 2023 Netflix mini-series Painkiller.
Netflix’s “Painkiller” recounts the rise of Oxycontin, a highly addictive prescription drug manufactured by Purdue Pharma, and the people behind the drug — including Richard Sackler, the ...
Arthur, Mortimer, Raymond, and Richard Sackler are all portrayed in the Netflix drama 'Painkiller.' Here's where the founders of Purdue Pharma are now.
Is Netflix's 'Pain Hustlers,' starring Chris Evans and Emily Blunt, based on a true story? Learn about the real-life pharma scandal that inspired the film. The True Story and Criminal Case Behind ...
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed is a 2022 American biographical documentary film about photographer, artist, and activist Nan Goldin.The film is produced, co-edited and directed by Laura Poitras, [3] and tackles Goldin's life through her advocacy during the HIV/AIDS crisis in the ‘80s, and her fight against the Sackler family for their role in the current opioid epidemic in the United ...
The purchase of the Glidden Spina + Partners building in West Palm Beach for a Sackler family office took place in July 2020, less than two months before Purdue Pharma filed for Chapter 11 ...