Film · 2021 · 1h 27m

Better Living Through Chemistry

Name: Better Living Through Chemistry
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2021-09-21
Duration: 1 h 27 min
Cast: Ann Shulgin, Alexander Shulgin, Tania Manning, Greg Manning, Brian Perry

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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.