'Gabey & Mike' is a whimsical musical documentary inspired by the music of Mermaid Café (1989-1990).
A series of vignettes showing everyday people in Los Angeles in their Halloween costumes.
A provincial showman, to legitimize his art, decides to fly after turning into a donkey.
The documentary traces Merlin's continuing presence in arts and culture across the world right up to the present day, through blockbuster films, videogames or New Age gatherings at Stonehenge. He offers something beyond mundane daily life. It's magic. It's irresistible.
Risha's interviews, linked by bike rides from house to house, focus on residents of 'The Back' and their concerns about gentrification, and the displacement of pioneers and old-timers.