Exclusive: Director Peter Berg, EP Eric Newman & Consulting Producer Barry Meier talk Opiod series Painkiller

Currently playing on Netflix is the drama series Painkiller, executive produced by Eric Newman, Pete Berg, Alex Gibney, and showrunners/creators Micah Fitzerman-Blue & Noah Harpster.

The series stars Uzo Aduba, Matthew Broderick, Taylor Kitsch, Dina Shihabi, West Duchovny, and John Rothman.

A fictionalized retelling of events, PAINKILLER is a scripted limited series that explores some of the origins and aftermath of the opioid crisis in America, highlighting the stories of the perpetrators, victims, and truth-seekers whose lives are forever altered by the invention of OxyContin. An examination of crime, accountability, and the systems that have repeatedly failed hundreds of thousands of Americans, PAINKILLER is based on the book PAIN KILLER by Barry Meier and the New Yorker Magazine article ‘The Family That Built an Empire of Pain’ by Patrick Radden Keefe.

Blackfilmandtv.com's Wilson Morales talks to director Peter Berg, Exec Producer Eric Newman & Consulting Producer Barry Meier about Netflix series Painkiller.

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