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Better Living Through Chemistry
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Better Living Through Chemistry

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.

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Ann Shulgin

Self

Alexander Shulgin

Alexander Shulgin

Self

Tania Manning

Self

Greg Manning

Self

Brian Perry

Brian Perry

Self - Ann's Son

Renee Reeser Zelnick

Self

Mariavittoria Mangini

Mariavittoria Mangini

Self

Jennifer Dumpert

Self

Fire Erowid

Self

Earth Erowid

Self

David E. Presti

Self

Sunny Heartsong

Self

Wendy Perry

Self - Ann's Daughter

Paul F. Daley

Self

Myron Stolaroff

Self

Jean Stolaroff

Self

Keeper Trout

Self

Jason Tucker

Jason Tucker

Self

Dechen Sherpa

Self

Crew

Connie Littlefield

Director

Connie Littlefield

Producer

Connie Littlefield

Writer

James Yates

Editor

Peter van der Heyden

Executive Producer

Michael MacMillan

Executive Producer

Jordan Nahmias

Jordan Nahmias

Executive Producer

Kyle Cameron

Director of Photography

Nick Sewell

Graphic Designer

Eva Madden

Sound Designer

Andy McNeill

Original Music Composer

Siobhan Flanagan

Story Editor

Victor Murillo

Drone Cinematographer

Jack Rudy

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

David St. Louis

Colorist

Isabelle Foisy

Production Assistant

David Birnbaum

Production Assistant

Tas

Executive Producer

Sean Ryan

Drone Cinematographer

Sue Johnson

Director of Photography