Reviews

An amazing piece of reality we do not see very often.

David's first Iboga documentary "Detox or Die" (in which he takes us, in a very personal and revealing way, through the whole process of how he went from being a dedicated heroin addict or even a heroin fanatic, to his realization that he had to kick heroin and the subsequent (worse) addiction to methadone and found a solution in a single experience with Ibogaine, the active alkaloid in the African entheogenic/psychedelic plant Tabernanthe Iboga) had left a lasting impression on me. I was blasted away by his in-depth and almost interactive way of filming which makes you directly part of the whole experience, of his suffering and his release from a many-year long struggle.

Frankly, in light of "detox or die," I expected "Iboga Nights" to be a rave review of Iboga and its amazing healing power, but I was -like with Detox or die- knocked off my feet when it turned out to be anything but simply a "hymn of praise" to Iboga. Honesty about the darker sides and dangers of Iboga-treatment and a disturbing close-up of how it can go wrong for some people, made this into yet another masterpiece of real-life documentary power. David is quite the sympathetic man himself and with this film, he transmits his shocking experience with the negative side and yet dedication to the healing power of Iboga and his genuine love for and interest in people. A must see for anyone interested in entheogens, the hell of addiction, or simply people in general.