A documentarian strikes up an odd friendship with reclusive 80 year old outsider artist Al Carbee, whose strange Barbie-doll photography gains acclaim and interest over the course of the project's multi-year history. Far beyond a portrait of an eccentric, Magical Universe is about wonder, friendship, and the transcendent power of creativity

Al Carbee is an 84-year old man living on the side of a highway in Saco, Maine. He is obsessed with Barbie Dolls. Through his obsession comes his art. This is his story.