In the Realms of the Unreal is a 2004 documentary about outsider artist Henry Darger.
An obscure janitor during his life, Darger is known for the posthumous discovery of his elaborate 15,143-page fantasy manuscript entitled The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What is Known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glandeco-Angelinnian War Storm, Caused by the Child Slave Rebellion, along with several hundred watercolor paintings and other drawings illustrating the story.
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“Here thou, great Anna! whom three realms obey,
Dost sometimes counsel take—and sometimes tea.”
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