Better Living Through Chemistry

Better Living Through Chemistry (2021)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2021-09-21
  • Runtime: 1h 27min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • Production Country: Canada
  • Director: Connie Littlefield

Summary

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.

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  • 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
  • Fire Erowid

    as Self
  • Earth Erowid

    as Self
  • David E. Presti

    as Self
  • Sunny Heartsong

    as Self
  • Wendy Perry

    as Self - Ann's Daughter
  • Paul F. Daley

    as Self
  • Myron Stolaroff

    as Self
  • Jean Stolaroff

    as Self
  • Keeper Trout

    as Self
  • Jason Tucker

    as Self
  • Dechen Sherpa

    as Self
Production Connie Littlefield Producer
Directing Connie Littlefield Director
Editing James Yates Editor
Writing Connie Littlefield Writer
Production Michael MacMillan Executive Producer
Camera Kyle Cameron Director of Photography
Production Jordan Nahmias Executive Producer
Sound Andy McNeill Original Music Composer
Writing Siobhan Flanagan Story Editor
Editing David St. Louis Colorist
Sound Eva Madden Sound Designer
Production Peter van der Heyden Executive Producer
Art Nick Sewell Graphic Designer
Camera Victor Murillo Drone Cinematographer
Sound Jack Rudy Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Production David Birnbaum Production Assistant
Camera Sean Ryan Drone Cinematographer
Production Isabelle Foisy Production Assistant
Production Tas Executive Producer
Camera Sue Johnson Director of Photography

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