Albert Hofmann - Perceptions
Sabine Bally
2010 - 52 min - HDCam - Couleur et Noir & Blanc - Suisse

"Albert Hofmann - Perceptions" is a portrait of Dr. Hofmann, a man otherwise known as the father of LSD. Working his whole life for the pharmaceutical giant Sandoz in Basel Switzerland, Albert Hofmann lived what might seem a typical Swiss German lifestyle, both modest and well organized. The accidental discovery of LSD however, changed his life forever.
Starting in Switzerland and travelling to the US and Mexico, the film picks up on the relation between the chemist and his drug, the positions he took during his lifetime and the traces he left behind. Using conferences Hofmann gave and archives from Swiss and American television, the film delves into the story of this adventure to the present, where LSD is being used in a therapeutic context, officially sponsored by the government in Switzerland.