Dirty Pictures

15 yrs 90 minutes • 2010 • 7.0

One of the 20th Century's most renown chemists, Dr. Alexander "Sasha" Shulgin spent most of his career studying the effects of psychedelic substances. He is the man behind the discovery of over 200 drugs of psychedelic nature, including MDMA, and has had great influence in the field of psychedelic research. In this documentary, we learn about Dr. Shulgin’s and his colleagues’ motivations, ideas and thoughts about this type of research and how different substances can help to unlock the brain's many complexities.