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Painkillers

What: Series
Where: Netflix, 6 episodes
When: Aug. 10
Genre: Drama
Why you should watch: If you’re still thinking about last year’s All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, a gutting documentary about Nan Goldin and her battle against the pharmaceutical dynasty the Sackler family, you may want to catch Netflix’s new series Painkillers. It stars Matthew Broderick as Richard Sackler and Taylor Kitsch and Uzo Aduba as two victims of the opioid epidemic who are trying to take the company down.

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By: Gabrielle Marcea

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