The Oxy Kingpins

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The Oxy Kingpins

2021

1h 20m

Documentary

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The Oxy Kingpins covers the untold story of how a network of pharmaceutical manufacturers, distributors, and retailers worked together to orchestrate and perpetuate the opioid crisis that has killed over half a million people in America.

Owen Gleiberman

Variety

A wide-eyed, engrossing, information-packed street-smart tutorial.

Mar 28, 2021

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Nick Allen

RogerEbert.com

In its goal to simultaneously educate and move its audience, The Oxy Kingpins is filled with damning information you won't soon forget.

Mar 22, 2021

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Audrey Fox

We Live Entertainment

The Oxy Kingpins demands that the true criminals in this scenario, the corporate executives who not only avoid any culpability for their actions but actually make hundreds of millions of dollars from human suffering, be made to atone for their sins.

Aug 23, 2021

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Nate Adams

The Only Critic

"The Oxy Kingpins" gives a slew of damning evidence against big pharma and shows we've still got a long way to go from eradicating the opioid epidemic.

Rated: B

Mar 28, 2021

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Shaun Munro

Flickering Myth

An 80-minute documentary can only scratch the surface of America's opioid crisis, but The Oxy Kingpins is still a shocking primer on the legal drug cartel that is Big Pharma.

Rated: 3.5/5

Mar 19, 2021

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Michael Frank

The Spool

Despite the importance of the issue, The Oxy Kingpins lacks a central hero, an identifiable face, and a finishing touch.

Mar 19, 2021

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Nick August-Perna

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Brendan Fitzgerald

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Nick August-Perna

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Drea Bernardi

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Brendan Fitzgerald

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Hayley Pappas

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Synopsis

The Oxy Kingpins covers the untold story of how a network of pharmaceutical manufacturers, distributors, and retailers worked together to orchestrate and perpetuate the opioid crisis that has killed over half a million people in America.

Director: Nick August-Perna, Brendan Fitzgerald
Producer: Nick August-Perna, Drea Bernardi, Brendan Fitzgerald, Hayley Pappas
Production Co: Syd York, Hyperobject Industries, TYT Productions, XRM Media, Second Nature Films
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 20m