Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in |
Summary |
Oranges and Sunshine tells the story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham, who uncovered one of the most significant social scandals in recent times: the forced migration of children from the United Kingdom. Almost singlehandedly, against overwhelming odds and with little regard for her own well-being, Margaret reunited thousands of families, brought authorities to account and created worldwide attention to an extraordinary miscarriage of justice. She discovered a secret that the British government had kept hidden for years: one hundred and thirty thousand children in care had been sent abroad to commonwealth countries, mainly 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 sunshine, they got hard labour and life in institutions |
Notes |
Based on the book 'Empty Cradles' by Margaret Humphreys |
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"The extraordinary true story of a woman who reunited thousands of families"--Container |
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"IFS683S." |
Credits |
Directed by Jim Loach ; produced by Camilla Bray ; written by Rona Munro |
Cast |
Emily Watson, David Wenham, Hugo Weaving |
Audience |
Censorship classification : M |
Notes |
Originally released Sixteen Midlands (Oranges) Ltd./See-Saw Oranges Pty. Ltd./See-Saw Films Pty. Ltd./Screen Australia/Screen NSW/South Australian Film Corporation, 2010 |
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DVD region 4 ; PAL |
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In English, with English captions for the hearing impaired |
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Available for Deakin University staff and students only |
Subject |
Feature films -- Australia.
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Feature films -- Great Britain.
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Foster children -- Drama.
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Forced migration -- Great Britain -- Drama.
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Immigrant children -- Australia -- Drama.
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Immigrant children -- Institutional care -- Australia -- Drama.
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Immigrant children -- Abuse of -- Australia -- Drama.
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SUBJECT |
Australia -- Emigration and immigration -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114312 -- 20th century http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012476 -- Drama.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001612
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Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009125914 -- Drama.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001612
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Genre/Form |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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Author |
Loach, Jim, 1969-
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Bray, Camilla.
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Munro, Rona
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Watson, Emily, 1967-
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Wenham, David, 1965-
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Weaving, Hugo, 1960-
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Humphreys, Margaret.
Empty cradles
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Icon Film Distribution (Firm)
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