Movie Details
Original Language:English
Cast & Crew
B
Brady Dial
Producer
R
Robert J. Barnhart
Director
R
Robert J. Barnhart
Producer
J
Jason Uson
Editor
R
Roslyn Dauber
Producer
R
Roslyn Dauber
Field Director
A New Understanding The Science of Psilocybin
Audience Score
StarringAmber Lyon
DirectorRobert J. Barnhart
55 minDocumentary
Plot
A New Understanding explores the treatment of endoflife anxiety in terminally ill cancer patients using psilocybin a psychoactive compound found in some mushrooms to facilitate deeply spiritual experiences The documentary explores the confluence of science and spirituality in the first psychedelic research studies since the 1970s with terminally ill patients As a society we devote a great deal of attention to treating cancer but very little to treating the human being who is dying of cancer