Take a psychedelic plunge into the extraordinary world of plasmodial slime moulds—a rare, super-intelligent organism that moves like a plant/animal hybrid right beneath our feet. Like a vintage sci-fi picture, The Creeping Garden takes you through petri dishes, fungariums and mazes as fringe scientists, artists and mycologists collaborate with this extraordinary substance to make musical compositions, project future population shifts and re-imagine the textures of life as we know it. Filmed under a microscope with stunning time lapse footage, and an entrancing electronic score by Sonic Youth’s Jim O’Rourke, this film will leave you giddy and delirious with wonder.

High Minded: It’s legal now. A collection of documentaries for the high minded, featuring the biggest-thinking, most visually profound and psychedelic documentary cinema.

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