Better Living Through Chemistry
202187 min
Documentary
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.
Top Cast
Ann Shulgin as Self,Alexander Shulgin as Self,Tania Manning as Self,Greg Manning as Self,Brian Perry as Self - Ann's Son,Renee Reeser Zelnick as Self,Mariavittoria Mangini as Self,Jennifer Dumpert as Self
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Samuel Goldwyn FilmsBetter Living Through Film