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Oranges & sunshine : a true story

Author

Jim Loach

Call Number

  • DVD DRAMA (CEN)

Edition

DVD ed.

Performers

Emily Watson, David Wenham, Hugo Weaving, Richard Dillane, Lorraine Ashbourne.

Publication Information

[New York] : Cohen Media Group : Distributed by New Video Group, [2012]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

MPAA rating: R; for some strong language.

Summary

Based on the true story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham who uncovered one of the most significant social scandals of recent times: the deportation of thousands of innocent children from the United Kingdom to Australia. Children as young as four had been told that their parents were dead and been sent to children's homes on the other side of the world. Many were subjected to appalling abuse. They were promised oranges and susshine; they got hard labor and life in institutions. Almost single-handedly, against overwhelming odds, and with little regard for her own well-being, Margaret reunited thousands of families, brought authorities to account and drew worldwide attention to an extraordinary miscarriage of justice.

Notes

Title from container.

Based on the book "Empty cradles" by Margaret Humphreys.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2010.

Special features: The making of oranges & sunshine ; interviews with the cast, writer and director.

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