Canada's Documentary Magazine

  • Reviews
  • Features
    • Interviews
    • Essays
    • Industry
    • Photography
  • Festivals
    • Hot Docs
    • TIFF
    • Sundance
    • RIDM
    • Cannes
  • Print Issue Archive
    • Current Issue
  • Subscriptions
  • About
    • About Us
    • Donate
    • Contribute
    • Who We Are
    • Governance
    • Advertise

American Pain

American Pain Review: Darren Foster’s Doc Confronts Opioid Crisis Profiteers

by Jason Gorber
June 13, 2022
Festivals/Reviews

Darren Foster's documentary American Pain is an equally excruciating and entertaining study of those who profit from the opioid crisis.

Keep Reading

Search

Advertisement

SUBSCRIBE

CURRENT ISSUE

Issue 122: Fall/Winter 2024

The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal leads an issue full of fall premieres, music docs, and deep dives on the documentary scene.

Join our mailing list

We hate spams like you do

Follow POV


POV is Canada's premiere documentary magazine in print and online.

POV engages filmmakers and film lovers in conversations about the art of non-fiction.

Categories

  • Essays
  • Features
  • Festivals
  • Hot Docs
  • Industry
  • Interviews
  • Photography
  • Reviews
  • RIDM
  • Sundance
  • TIFF

Archives

Recent Posts

  • Piece by Piece Review: Everything Is Awesome in Pharrell’s LEGO Doc
  • DOC NYC to Open with Blue Road: The Edna O’Brien Story
  • The Last of the Sea Women Shares Generational Wisdom
  • Sing My Song Review: When Dreams Come Calling
  • Happy Clothes: A Film about Patricia Field Review – Advanced Style

Instagram

"It feels like we unlocked some new way of telling "It feels like we unlocked some new way of telling a story that is rooted in many things." In our current issue, @tremolodocs tells @filmfest_ca  about building @pharrell's story with @lego in the animated documentary @piecebypiecefilm 🔗 https://povmagazine.com/morgan-neville-on-piece-by-piece-and-building-a-doc-with-lego/ 🔖: #PieceByPiece #Pharrell #LEGO #movies #documentary #morganneville #animation
Rashid Masharawi talks about assembling a team of Rashid Masharawi talks about assembling a team of 22 Palestinian filmmakers to share untold stories from Gaza in FROM GROUND ZERO 🇵🇸 #tiffdocs #tiff24 #fromgroundzero #Palestine
Will Ferrell and Harper Steele talk about their ro Will Ferrell and Harper Steele talk about their road trip together in #WillAndHarper! #willferrell #harpersteele #tiff24 #tiff #documentary
Need some recommendations for #TIFF24 heading into Need some recommendations for #TIFF24 heading into the home stretch? Check out POV for reviews and interviews of TIFF docs like #RussiansAtWar, #MenOfWar, #NoOtherLand, #TheLastRepublican, #BlueRoad, #Tata, #perfectlyastrangeness #TheBibiFiles, #SudanRemeberUs, #WillAndHarper and more with lots more rolling in over the last few days! #documentary #movies
At the world premiere if #TheFreedomOfFierre, dire At the world premiere if #TheFreedomOfFierre, director Santiago Esteinou tells how he and subject César Fierro kept in touch following their first film, which led to César's release from death row. #tiff24 #tiff #documentary #cesarfierro
Director Alexis Bloom talks about bringing this Ne Director Alexis Bloom talks about bringing this Netanyahu exposé to screen during the tense Q&A following the encore screening of THE BIBI FILES (pictured with producer Alex Gibney and programmer Thom Powers) #TIFF24 #thebibifiles #documentary
Doc day at the #tiff24 industry conference! Tom Po Doc day at the #tiff24 industry conference! Tom Powers taking intimacy in documentary storytelling with Sinead O'Shea (Blue Road), Hind Medded (Sudan, Remember Us) and Ted Passon (Patrice: The Movie) #tiff #documentary
LEGO Pharrell spotted in the wild! We tried to off LEGO Pharrell spotted in the wild! We tried to offer him a copy of the new POV to read, but it blew out of his hand. #PieceByPiece #pharrell #tiff24 #Lego #festivalstreet
Boxer Claressa Shields, star of the documentary T- Boxer Claressa Shields, star of the documentary T-Rex, talks about getting the Hollywood treatment in #TheFireInside #tiff24
Thom Powers and #ViceIsBroke director Eddie Huang Thom Powers and #ViceIsBroke director Eddie Huang kick off the #TIFFdocs programme on opening night. 📽 #tiff24 #documentary
Sure to be one of the most talked about docs of #t Sure to be one of the most talked about docs of #tiff24, Mistress Dispeller observes a love triangle from all sides. Elizabeth Lo tells us how the story behind the ultimate "how'd they shoot that?" film of the festival. 🔗: https://povmagazine.com/how-mistress-dispeller-captures-all-side-of-a-love-triangle/ #MistressDispeller #documentary #tiff #tiffdocs
Spotted at at @tiff_net Industry Centre! Trade of Spotted at at @tiff_net Industry Centre! Trade of the season. #tiff24 #POV122 #magazines
Follow

Advertisement

CCA
OAC
Government of Ontario

Latest Posts

Singer/rapper Pharrell Williams as a LEGO man. He is sitting in a chair wearing a blue jacket with a red shirt.

Piece by Piece Review: Everything Is Awesome in Pharrell’s LEGO Doc

October 11, 2024
A black and white portrait of Irish author Edna O'Brien. She is framed in close-up while smoking a cigarette.

DOC NYC to Open with Blue Road: The Edna O’Brien Story

October 10, 2024
An underwater shot of a woman diver. She is wearing an orange and black wetsuit with a facemask and is harvesting a sea urchin.

The Last of the Sea Women Shares Generational Wisdom

October 10, 2024

Sing My Song Review: When Dreams Come Calling

October 9, 2024October 11, 2024

Happy Clothes: A Film about Patricia Field Review – Advanced Style

October 8, 2024

SUBSCRIBE

CURRENT ISSUE

Issue 122: Fall/Winter 2024

The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal leads an issue full of fall premieres, music docs, and deep dives on the documentary scene.

Tags

activism animation Archive biography Black Stories Canadian film celebrity COVID-19 Documentary Organization of Canada environment experimental family film on film Hot Docs Hot Docs 2016 Hot Docs 2017 Hot Docs 2018 Hot Docs 2019 Hot Docs 2021 Hot Docs 2022 Hot Docs 2023 Hot Docs 2024 Human Rights hybrid film Indigenous interviews LGBTQ mental health migration music Netflix NFB Oscars Photography politics RIDM Short Docs Sports Sundance TIFF TIFF 2023 TIFF 2024 True Crime TV Women

© Point of View Magazine
Toronto, ON • Canada

  • Reviews
  • Features
  • Festivals
  • Print Issue Archive
  • Subscriptions
  • About
  • Reviews
  • Features
    • Interviews
    • Essays
    • Industry
    • Photography
  • Festivals
    • Hot Docs
    • TIFF
    • Sundance
    • RIDM
    • Cannes
  • Print Issue Archive
    • Current Issue
  • Subscriptions
  • About
    • About Us
    • Donate
    • Contribute
    • Who We Are
    • Governance
    • Advertise
Go toTop
0 $0.00