The trailer to my first feature documentary. "Geen Roze Olifanten of Magic Bullets" ("No Pink Elephants or Magic Bullets") explores the therapeutic potential of psychedelics and the renewed interest in it in the Netherlands. Researchers, smartshop owners, retreat organisers and people with therapeutic psychedelic experiences share their knowledge and insight on the topic and draw a complete portrait of therapeutic psychedelic use in the Netherlands. This documentary tries to move the debate away from "Are psychedelics good or bad?" to "How can those that benefit from them use them safely and efficiently?". It nevertheless takes a critical look at the topic as psychedelics might not cause you to see pink elephants, but they're not a magic bullet, a wonder medicine that resolves every problem, neither.
What are psychedelics? Do they truly have a therapeutic potential, or are they just a “hippie drug”? Will they ever be integrated into the arsenal of mental healthcare? What is a smartshop? What happens during a psychedelic retreat? All these questions and more will be answered in this documentary of 1hr. (FYI: the documentary in mainly in Dutch, but has English subtitles.)