Better Living Through Chemistry (2021)

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.

Released Sept. 21, 2021 87 min 15+

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: mdblist.has-trailer, tmdb.ecstasy, tmdb.chemist, tmdb.psychedelics, tmdb.1980s, tmdb.psychedelic-drug, tmdb.mdma

Watch Providers: Tubi TV, Hoopla

Production Companies: Samuel Goldwyn Films, Better Living Through Film

Country: Canada
Production Country: Canada
Languages: English