‘The Crime of the Century’
Every minute of this eye-opening documentary will spark true outrage. Alex Gibney’s The Crime of the Century on HBO Max methodically follows the money which created the American opioid crisis–and lays bare the boldfaced greed which allowed doctors, executives, politicians and sales reps to legally deal drugs they knew were killing people. Gibney uses the over 500,000 lives lost to addiction as a backdrop to uncover how the pharmaceutical companies made faustian deals with government officials to settle lawsuits–allowing them to continue to rake in billions of dollars in the name of easing pain. And would it surprise anyone to know Rudy Giuliani was involved? The Sackler family are prominently featured as the kingpins, but other companies, like Johnson & Johnson, are knee deep in this tale of dangerous and unmitigated corporate greed.