Better Living Through Chemistry
0.0(0) 2021-09-21 87 minDocumentary
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.
ProducerConnie Littlefield
DirectorConnie Littlefield
WriterConnie Littlefield
Original Music ComposerAndy McNeill
Cast & characters
Ann Shulgin
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Alexander Shulgin
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Tania Manning
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Greg Manning
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Brian Perry
as Self - Ann's Son
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Renee Reeser Zelnick
as Self
Mariavittoria Mangini
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Jennifer Dumpert
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Fire Erowid
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Earth Erowid
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David E. Presti
as Self
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Sunny Heartsong
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Wendy Perry
as Self - Ann's Daughter
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Paul F. Daley
as Self
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Myron Stolaroff
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Jean Stolaroff
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Keeper Trout
as Self
Jason Tucker
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Dechen Sherpa
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