DMT: The Spirit Molecule (2010)

Directed by

Mitch Schultz

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 15m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 80 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary is about the drug DMT and its effects on human consciousness. It features interviews with scientists and people who have taken the drug, both in research settings and in traditional shamanic ceremonies. The film examines what people experience while under the influence of DMT and how it might change their understanding of reality.

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What happens

DMT: The Spirit Molecule is a 2010 documentary film based on a book of the same name by Rick Strassman. Directed by Mitch Schultz and starring Joe Rogan as narrator, the documentary deals primarily with the psychedelic and entheogenic drug dimethyltryptamine (DMT) through the lens of interviews with those who have used the drug, either as part of Strassman's scientific studies, or in combination with MAOIs (as ayahuasca). In 2013, Adam Winstock, working off of data in the Global Drug Survey, hypothesized that the documentary may have led to increased popularity of DMT. In July 2018, Variety reported that the documentary was one of the most streamed on Netflix. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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