Better Living Through Chemistry (2021)
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.
- Date of release
- 2021-09-21
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Connie Littlefield
Casting
- Ann Shulgin — Self
- Alexander Shulgin — Self
- Tania Manning — Self
- Greg Manning — Self
- Brian Perry — Self - Ann's Son
- Renee Reeser Zelnick — Self
- Mariavittoria Mangini — Self
- Jennifer Dumpert — Self
- Fire Erowid — Self
- Earth Erowid — Self
- David E. Presti — Self
- Sunny Heartsong — Self
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