THE BITTER PILL

Documentary Feature (2024)

Directed by Clay Tweel
Producers: Tim Grant, Shannon E. Riggs, Mary Rohlich
Executive Producers: Dan Cogan, Jenny Raskin, Geralyn White Dreyfous, Nina Fialkow, David Fialkow, Barbara & Eric Dobkin, Debbie L. McLeod, Jim & Susan Swartz
Parkside Films, Impact Partners, Fifth Season

A small town lawyer takes on a 500 Billion dollar sector of the pharmaceutical industry to aid his community in its recovery from the opioid epidemic.

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 for recovery efforts in the area. When his legal strategy catches the attention of lawyers across the country, all the 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?