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