Oranges and Sunshine 2010

6.9 / 10   80 vote(s)
Drama History

The story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham, who uncovers one of the most significant social scandals in recent times – the forced migration of children from the United Kingdom to Australia and other Commonwealth countries. Almost singlehandedly, Margaret reunited thousands of families, brought authorities to account and worldwide attention to an extraordinary miscarriage of justice.

Release Date 2010-10-08
Runtime 1h 44m
Directors Jim Loach, Denson Baker
Producers Camilla Bray, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman
Writers Rona Munro, Margaret Humphreys

Immensely powerful and moving. This is a story that needs to be told. Of the effects of the forced migration of children. Angering and saddening, I shouted through my tears watching this. The same truths as in Philomena told very differently but equally harrowing. Brilliantly acted and by everyone but of course by Emily Watson as always.

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