Madeleine Sackler  Madeleine Sackler is an American director, editor and producer. Her grandfather, Raymond, was one of the three Sackler brothers who owned Purdue Pharma. Sackler began her career as a film editor, and then began creating documentaries. Her first film is a documentary titled "The Lottery." She has since made other documentaries including "Dangerous Acts Starring the Unstable Elements of Belarus" and "It's a Hard Truth Ain't It." In 2018, Sackler released her first fictional film, "O.G." She has received criticism for her family fortune, which derives in part from the sale and manufacture of the highly addictive pharmaceutical drug Oxycodone. Sackler was born in 1983, and grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut. She went to public high school and attended Duke University. Sackler was a biopsychology major at Duke and considered going to med school. However, she was equally interested in reading, writing and photography. Sackler incorporated these interests into her time at Duke with a minor in English, a photography elective, and creating a documentary short as an independent study. After graduating from Duke University, Sackler used her skills in computer software to begin her career as a film editor. She created her first documentary titled "The Lottery" in 2010. Sackler has since filmed more documentaries including "Dangerous Acts Starring the Unstable Elements of Belarus" and "It's a Hard Truth, Ain't It." She finished production on her first fictional film titled "O.G" in 2018"." Sackler has also produced some of her own films, and is the founder of a production company Great Curve Films. Sackler's films deal with themes such as public education, censorship and dictatorship, and incarceration and rehabilitation. Her film-making style has been described as darkly humorous and eye-opening. "The Lottery is a" documentary directed by Sackler. The film follows four families that are hoping to enroll their children in the Harlem Success Academy charter school in New York City. While the charter school has been proven to provide a superior education than public schools, there are only 475 slots and over 3,000 applicants. In this film, Sackler focuses on the power politics that are embedded in public education and the controversy that follows. She argues that this charter school “lottery” is a result of corruption in the public education system. Along with exposing the public education system, "The Lottery" places emphasis on the achievement gap between minority and white students, and the oppression minority students and families experience in public education.