The read
It runs a compact 1h 27m.
Synopsis
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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Key crew
- Connie LittlefieldDirector
- Connie LittlefieldWriter
- Andy McNeillOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Ann ShulginSelf
- Alexander ShulginSelf
- Tania ManningSelf
- Greg ManningSelf
- Brian PerrySelf - Ann's Son
- Renee Reeser ZelnickSelf
- Mariavittoria ManginiSelf
- Jennifer DumpertSelf
- Fire ErowidSelf
- Earth ErowidSelf
- David E. PrestiSelf
- Sunny HeartsongSelf
Themes
ecstasychemistpsychedelics1980spsychedelic drugmdma