The Sunshine Makers (2015)

Directed by

Cosmo Feilding Mellen

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 41m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells the story of two chemists who made LSD during the 1960s counterculture. It follows how they tried to spread peace and consciousness expansion through their work.

informativenostalgiccalmretrospectivecontemplativeearneststeady-paced

What happens

The Sunshine Makers is a 2015 British documentary film directed by Cosmo Feilding-Mellen, written and produced by Connie Littlefield, and executive produced by Omar Fayed. It is about Nicholas Sand and Tim Scully, central figures during the counterculture of the 1960s. It premiered at Doc NYC on 16 November 2015. The score was composed by London-based musical collective The Heliocentrics and released on Soundway Records in 2017. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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