Movie·2021·1h 27m
Better Living Through Chemistry
Documentary
Synopsis
In the 1970s, Dr. Alexander âSashaâ 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, Annâalongside friends, family, and colleaguesâgives 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 Shulginsâ chemical love story examines the power of psychedelic psychotherapy, sacred alchemy, and challenging the path of misunderstood resistance.
