Oranges & Sunshine
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Alternate/Foreign Title: Oranges and Sunshine [Alternate spelling]
DVD Released (Y/M/D): 2012-06-26
Genre: Drama
Director: Jim Loach
Stars: Emily Watson, Hugo Weaving, David Wenham, Lorraine Ashbourne, Tara Morice, Clayton Watson, Aisling Loftus, Richard Dillane, Kate Box, Stuart Wolfenden, Ruth Rickman, Geoff Morrell
MPAA Rating: R
Synopsis: Oranges and Sunshine tells the story of Margaret Humphreys (Emily Watson), a social worker from Nottingham, who uncovered one of the most significant social scandals of recent times; the mass deportation of children from the United Kingdom to Australia. Single-handedly and against overwhelming odds, Margaret reunited thousands of families and drew worldwide attention to an extraordinary miscarriage of justice. Children as young as four had been told that their parents were dead and sent to children's homes on the other side of the world, where many were subjected to appalling abuse. These forgotten children were promised Oranges and Sunshine but they got hard labour and life in institutions.
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