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The Bitter Pill

Director

Clay Tweel

Executive Producers

Dan Cogan, Jenny Raskin, Geralyn White Dreyfous, Nina Fialkow, David Fialkow, Barbara & Eric Dobkin, Debbie L. McLeod, Jim & Susan Swartz

Producers

Tim Grant, Shannon E. Riggs, Mary Rohlich

Editors

Giacomo Ambrosini, Clay Tweel

Consulting Editor

Co-Editor

Assistant Editor

Cinematographer

Ben Joyner

Additional Cinematography

Music

Sound

Narration

Contact

With his hometown ravaged by the opioid epidemic, plaintiff attorney Paul Farrell Jr. sets out to take on giant pharmaceutical companies to recover enough money to make a lasting impact on recovery efforts in the area. When his legal strategy catches the attention of lawyers across the country, all of the cases get rolled into the biggest civil litigation in US history. Will the case become too big for this small-town lawyer, or will he rise to the occasion and effect change not just for his hometown but for the entire nation?

Friday, June 14 post-screening discussion with director Clay Tweel, and film participant Paul Farrell, Jr., moderated by Andrea Ducas. Vice President, Health Policy, at the Center for American Progress.

Sunday, June 16 post-screening discussion with director Clay Tweel and film participant Paul Farrell, Jr., moderated by Marquisha Johns, Associate Director for Public Health Policy at the Center for American Progress.

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Clay Tweel

Director, Andy Kaufman Is Me

Clay Tweel s a director/producer/editor with a passion for telling poignant and complicated character-based stories. His works include Finders Keepers, The Innocent Man, Heaven’s Gate: Cult of Cults, Out of Omaha and Gleason – the last of which was shortlisted for an Academy Award® and named one of the 5 best documentaries of 2016 by the National Board of Review. His projects have been distributed by Showtime, Netflix, HBO MAX, STARZ and Amazon Studios while working closely with companies that include Open Road, Campfire Studios and A24. Most recently, in mid 2024 Clay premiered his latest film, The Bitter Pill, about a lawyer taking on Big Pharma in the opioid crisis. Currently, he is directing 2 other feature films – one about the comedian Andy Kaufman, and another about Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin and his incredible comeback story to play in the NFL.

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