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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- Released
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- Samuel Goldwyn Films, Better Living Through Film
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Ann Shulgin as Self
Alexander Shulgin as Self
Tania Manning as Self
Greg Manning as Self
Brian Perry as Self - Ann's Son
Renee Reeser Zelnick as Self
Mariavittoria Mangini as Self
Jennifer Dumpert as Self
Top Crew
Connie Littlefield · Director, Writer
Andy McNeill · Composer
Kyle Cameron · Cinematographer
Sue Johnson · Cinematographer
James Yates · Editor
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