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Better Living Through Chemistry (2021)

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.

  • Documentary

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Ann ShulginAnn ShulginSelf
  • Photo of Alexander ShulginAlexander ShulginSelf
  • Photo of Tania ManningTania ManningSelf
  • Photo of Greg ManningGreg ManningSelf
  • Photo of Brian PerryBrian PerrySelf - Ann's Son
  • Photo of Renee Reeser ZelnickRenee Reeser ZelnickSelf
  • Photo of Mariavittoria ManginiMariavittoria ManginiSelf
  • Photo of Jennifer DumpertJennifer DumpertSelf
  • Photo of Fire ErowidFire ErowidSelf
  • Photo of Earth ErowidEarth ErowidSelf

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