Rental Partner: Puget Sound Symphony Orchestra presents
Rental Partner: Area 23a and Aquilo present
Seattle Premiere Screening — Post Screening Discussion with Musician and Filmmaker EAST FOREST and cast members Hanifa Nayo Washington and Marisa Radha Weppner
Presented by Area 23a and Aquilo. For questions about this event, please contact team@area23a.com.
Music for Mushrooms is a narrative documentary highlighting the personal journey of shamanistic musician and filmmaker East Forest (Krishna-Trevor Oswalt) – a collaborator of the late Ram Dass – whose bold experiments pair music with guided psychedelic experiences to create spaces of healing for a fractured world.
The film captures East Forest as he discovers a practice of guided ceremonial concerts that offer participants an immersive environment to confront their pain and fears, fostering hope, and moving them to re-engage with their own true north.
Weaving together interviews and conversations with artists, academics, and cultural experts in the fields of psychedelics, science, music and philosophy – voices like Ram Dass, Xochitl Ashe, Hanifo Nayo Washington, Spring Washam, Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris, Jon Hopkins, Peter Broderick, ANNA, and more – the film explores first-hand experiences, wisdom traditions, and data-backed evidence of how these timeless tools impact the human psyche, nervous system, and more.
Rental Partner: Puget Sound Symphony Orchestra presents
Rental Partner: Seattle Festival Orchestra presents
A Musical Journey of Beauty and Triumph
Rental Partner: Josephine Howell presents
Celebrating the Musicians of Puget Sound