The Substance: Albert Hofmann's LSD

Director:
Martin Witz

By coincidence rather then by design the swiss chemist Albert Hofmann makes a sensational discovery in the spring of 1943. He realizes that he is dealing with a powerful molecule that will have an impact not only on the scientific world. The Substance is an investigation into our troubled relation with LSD. Told from its beginnings until today.

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Director:
Martin Witz
Cast:
Martin A. Lee
James S. Ketchum
Country:
Elvetia
Running time:
12h:00m
Section:
TIFF Edition:
2012