Better Living Through Chemistry

202187m
Documentary

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.

Crew

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Connie Littlefield

Director

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Connie Littlefield

Producer

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Connie Littlefield

Writer

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Kyle Cameron

Director of Photography

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Andy McNeill

Original Music Composer

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Sue Johnson

Director of Photography

Cast

Ann Shulgin

Ann Shulgin

Self

Alexander Shulgin

Alexander Shulgin

Self

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Tania Manning

Self

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Greg Manning

Self

Brian Perry

Brian Perry

Self - Ann's Son

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Renee Reeser Zelnick

Self

Mariavittoria Mangini

Mariavittoria Mangini

Self

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Jennifer Dumpert

Self

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Fire Erowid

Self

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Earth Erowid

Self

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David E. Presti

Self

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Sunny Heartsong

Self

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