A film about the sex abuse scandal involving former Michigan State University doctor Larry Nassar will have its world premiere at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City.

"At The Heart of Gold," directed and written by Erin Lee Carr, will focus on the case of Nassar, who served as a national team doctor for USA Gymnastics and spent decades abusing young athletes.

The HBO documentary film will take an unblinking look at the manipulation and deceit that kept Nassar's crimes hidden. It also will chronicle the survivors whose courage led to criminal charges against him in 2016.

Nassar was sentenced in January 2018 at an Ingham County Courthouse after pleading guilty to seven counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct involving hundreds of female athletes.

Carr directed an episode of the Netflix docu-series "Dirty Money" on how huge drug companies hike prices for patients who need life-saving drugs.

She also helmed "Mommy Dead and Dearest," another HBO documentary on a 2014 murder case involving a Missouri mother and daughter.

The Tribeca Film Festival runs from April 24 to May 5 in New York City. During the 12-day event, 52 narrative features and 51 documentaries will make their debut.

This year, half he movies chosen for three competition sections are directed by women.

For more information, go to the official Tribeca Film Festival site.

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Contact Detroit Free Press pop culture writer Julie Hinds: 313-222-6427 or jhinds@freepress.com.

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