The Substance: Albert Hofmann's LSD (2011)

Directed by

Martin Witz

Genre

documentary film

Country

Switzerland, Germany

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

16

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary traces the history of LSD through the life of Albert Hofmann, the chemist who first synthesized it. It uses extensive archival footage to show how the drug shaped culture and science over decades.

informativeretrospectivemeditativecurioushistoricalreflectivesoberarchival

What happens

The Substance: Albert Hofmann's LSD is a 2011 Swiss documentary film written and directed by Martin Witz. Drawing on material from more than fifty film archives, it examines the history of LSD. In 2012, the film won awards at PARISCIENCE and the Berlin & Beyond Film Festival, and it was screened at festivals including Locarno, Göteborg, and Seattle. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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