Creatures of the Mind

(2025)

Genres: Documentary

Year: 2025

Runtime: 85 мин

Country: Brazil

Director: Marcelo Gomes

Cast: Sidarta Ribeiro, Marcelo Gomes, Mizziara de Paiva, Waldemar Magaldi, Marcelo Leite, Mãe Beth de Oxum, Mãe Lu, Ailton Krenak, Dráulio Barros de Araújo, Ana Flávia Mendonça

Plot

Sidarta Ribeiro, a Brazilian neuroscientist, explores how dreams and other forms of access to the unconscious can transform human experience. In his research, he proposes combining the ancestral knowledge of indigenous peoples and people of African origin in Brazil with scientific knowledge, as well as a scientific reevaluation of experiences with hallucinogens.