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Harry Potter: A History Of Magic

2017 · 59 min

A gentle, curiosity-sparking tour of real artefacts and folklore that feels like a cosy museum visit with familiar voices.

Directed by
Jude Ho, Alex Harding
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Imelda Staunton, J.K. Rowling, David Thewlis
Overview
A thrilling journey through legends, belief and folklore, this film goes behind the scenes with the British Library as they search to tell that story through objects in their collection, in an ambitious new exhibition: Harry Potter: A History Of Magic. J.K. Rowling, who is lending unseen manuscripts, drawings and drafts from her private archives (which will sit alongside treasures from the British Library, as well as original drafts and drawings from Jim Kay) talks about some of the personal items she has lent to the exhibition and gives new insight into her writing, looking at some of the objects from the exhibition that have fired her imagination.

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Directed by
Jude Ho, Alex Harding
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Imelda Staunton, J.K. Rowling, David Thewlis
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  • art
  • memory
  • identity
  • education
  • faith
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  • workplace
  • big city
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contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • documentary
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  • Language none
  • Violence none
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Genres
documentary
Directed by
Jude Ho, Alex Harding
Starring
Imelda Staunton, J.K. Rowling, David Thewlis, Warwick Davis, Evanna Lynch, Mark Williams, Miriam Margolyes
Runtime
59 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English, Latin, Spanish

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