Release Date

21 Sep, 2021

Runtime

01:27: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

In the 1970s, Dr. Alexander “Sasha” Shulgin significantly contributed to the development and psychopharmaceutical use of MDMA: a catalyst to personal doors entombed or unknown. His widow, co-author, and research partner, Ann—alongside friends, family, and colleagues—gives a guided tour of their life and laboratory, reflecting on how risks and revelations opened a world of compound enlightenment. Stippled with spirituality, sadness, and skepticism, the Shulgins’ chemical love story examines the power of psychedelic psychotherapy, sacred alchemy, and challenging the path of misunderstood resistance.

Original Title

Better Living Through Chemistry

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Actors

Ann Shulgin

Alexander Shulgin

Tania Manning

Greg Manning

Brian Perry

Renee Reeser Zelnick

Mariavittoria Mangini

Jennifer Dumpert

Fire Erowid

Earth Erowid

David E. Presti

Sunny Heartsong

Wendy Perry

Paul F. Daley

Myron Stolaroff

Jean Stolaroff

Keeper Trout

Jason Tucker

Dechen Sherpa

Crew

Connie Littlefield

Connie Littlefield

Connie Littlefield

James Yates

Peter van der Heyden

Michael MacMillan

Jordan Nahmias

Kyle Cameron

Nick Sewell

Eva Madden

Andy McNeill

Siobhan Flanagan

Victor Murillo

Jack Rudy