Better Living Through Chemistry vs Diving Into the Darkness

Better Living Through Chemistry is the shorter watch at 1h 27m compared with 1h 34m. Better Living Through Chemistry is the older of the two (2021 against 2024). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Better Living Through Chemistry posterBetter Living Through Chemistry2021 VS Diving Into the Darkness posterDiving Into the Darkness2024
Better Living Through ChemistryDiving Into the Darkness
Audience score★ 0.0/10★ 10.0/10
Year20212024
Length1h 27m1h 34m
GenresDocumentaryDocumentary
Country–Australia
DirectorConnie LittlefieldNays Baghai
Main castAnn Shulgin, Alexander Shulgin, Tania Manning, Greg Manning, Brian PerryJill Heinerth

Synopsis

Better Living Through Chemistry

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…

Diving Into the Darkness

Renowned Canadian cave-diver Jill Heinerth, fueled by an insatiable curiosity about Earth's hidden depths, embarks on legendary expeditions - from Mexico's extensive caves to Antarctica's iceberg realms. Amidst hair-raising dive footage, intimate interviews, and animated flashbacks Jill's motivations are unveiled. Despite over 100 personal losses in the deep, each odyssey brings her closer to the woman she aspired to be as a child. This film is…

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