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.
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 |