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.
Unfortunately the movie Better Living Through Chemistry is not yet available on HBO Max.
Directing | Connie Littlefield | Director |
Production | Connie Littlefield | Producer |
Writing | Connie Littlefield | Writer |
Editing | James Yates | Editor |
Production | Peter van der Heyden | Executive Producer |
Production | Michael MacMillan | Executive Producer |
Production | Jordan Nahmias | Executive Producer |
Camera | Kyle Cameron | Director of Photography |
Art | Nick Sewell | Graphic Designer |
Sound | Eva Madden | Sound Designer |
Sound | Andy McNeill | Original Music Composer |
Writing | Siobhan Flanagan | Story Editor |
Camera | Victor Murillo | Drone Cinematographer |
Sound | Jack Rudy | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Editing | David St. Louis | Colorist |
Production | Isabelle Foisy | Production Assistant |
Production | David Birnbaum | Production Assistant |
Production | Tas | Executive Producer |
Camera | Sean Ryan | Drone Cinematographer |
Camera | Sue Johnson | Director of Photography |