

LSD a Go Go
2004-01-01 · 10 min · ★ 8.0
An army officer jumped to his death from an apartment on the tenth floor in Manhattan early in the morning of 19 November 1953. Not long before, he had taken part in LSD experiments with the CIA. This film describes this CIA programme, for instance using educational drug-scare films and other archive material.
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- Directors
- Scott Calonico
- Production companies
- Slowkid Productions
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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Sonny BonoSelf (archive footage)
Dick CheneySelf (archive footage)
Gerald FordSelf - President of the USA (archive footage)
Donald RumsfeldSelf (archive footage)Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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