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Oranges and Sunshine

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Format: DVD June 26, 2012


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Oranges and Sunshine tells the 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 children from the United Kingdom to Australia. 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. 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. Review Emily Watson, a delicate English rose, has never seemed more sturdy than here. --Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times A film of abundant emotion --The New York Times An impressive film that documents an astonishing but little-known story. --Leonard Maltin s Picks A film of abundant emotion --The New York Times An impressive film that documents an astonishing but little-known story. --Leonard Maltin s Picks

Genre: Kids & Family


Format: Color, Multiple Formats, NTSC, Widescreen


Contributor: Ashbourne, Lorraine, Box, Kate, Dillane, Richard, Loach, Jim, Loftus, Aisling, Morice, Tara, Watson, Clayton, Watson, Emily, Weaving, Hugo, Wenham, David See more


Language: English, French


Runtime: 1 hour and 45 minutes


MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)


Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces


Item model number ‏ : ‎ 25291143


Director ‏ : ‎ Loach, Jim


Media Format ‏ : ‎ Color, Multiple Formats, NTSC, Widescreen


Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 45 minutes


Release date ‏ : ‎ June 26, 2012


Actors ‏ : ‎ Ashbourne, Lorraine, Morice, Tara, Watson, Emily, Weaving, Hugo, Wenham, David


Studio ‏ : ‎ Cohen Media


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    • They just want to find their mother!
Everybody wants to have a family. Margaret Humphries (Emily Watson) is a social worker that discovers one of the best kept secrets of the British government. During the 50's thousands of children were taken away from their parents and sent to labor camps in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and South Affrica. This movie only deals with the situation in Australia. The movie is very well done and Emily Watson is outstanding in her role. I personally think that the movie is well done and shows the raw emotions of the people who got severely damaged by the British government. This is a true story for which the British and Australian governments have apologized to the children in 2010, but the arrogant liberal Canadians who still think they know better, through their PM said in 2009 that they will not apologize. Below is the pathetic statement of the Canadian government through Jason Kinney who is still the Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism (...sic) who apparently recognizes bad things only when there is public interest: "There's no need for Canada to apologize for abuse and exploitation suffered by thousands of poor children shipped here from Britain starting in the nineteenth century ... the issue has not been on the radar screen here, unlike Australia where there's been a long-standing interest. The reality is that, here in Canada, we are taking measures to recognize that sad period, but there is, I think, limited public interest in official government apologies for everything that's ever been unfortunate or [a] tragic event in our history." You should read the story of "home children" that started in 1869. Annie MacPherson and Mary Rye started the entire "slavery" procedure. They thought they are doing the right thing. They took the children from the poor families and send them to labor camps in Australia where they suffered unspeakable horrors. Most of the adults today still try to recover from the horrors they suffered when they were young. It is a must see! Five stars all around. Emily Watson is just outstanding. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2013 by zeus
    • I know Dr Barnardos is still doing great things, what happend during those years we still ...
This movie hit me hard. I was in Dr Barnados in England with my sister. We had two brothers. One we have never been able to find. We are not sure if he was there before us. This was 1961. I know Dr Barnardos is still doing great things, what happend during those years we still do not know. I think how lucky I as not to have been deported! What an evil thing to do and thus far the British and Australian government have never give up all the information or paid. But what price do you put on this. For those who suffered so badly , my heart breaks for you, my prayers are with you. My brother.s name was or is Andrew, our surname, name at the time was Gardiner, he would be about 59 now. We are not sure if his name was changed. My heart is breaking . I think the lady who did this should get a medal. I have PTSD and she got it and many of the 130.000, I say it again One Hundred and Thirty Thousand children, problby more are out there. I know what the feeling of loss of identity feels like. For those who were so abused, God bless you and I hope maybe you read this one day. Thank you for this amazing film, that everyone should see, for if we do not look at our history, it will repeat its self. Shame on those who did this. And bravo to those who survived, you are the true heros, gentle souls. I hope you find your path, grief your losese but rejoice in you resliance to withstand and stay alive! Andrew if you are out there maybe now we can find you! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2016 by Carol
    • This was not an exclusively a midcentury phenomenon
There's a wonderfully written, well documented book called White Cargo which covers 170 years, beginning in the Elizabethan period, when poor British subjects were deported to the colonies to work as 'indentured servants' but were often treated worse than African slaves, since they had not been paid for. Few outlived the terms their indenture because starvation, beatings, rapes and other tortures were commonplace. Many of the transported were children, orphaned, or kidnapped from big cities and had very short lifespans, particularly if they had the misfortune to end up in the tobacco fields of the new world. Sadly, Britain returned to that policy in the post war era, with social services imposing their will on the poor or unwed and shipping confiscated children abroad instead of spending funds to care for them at home. Unfortunately once the children arrived at their destinations instead of being adopted they were [ again ] used as slave labor. This film recounts the story of a brave English social worker who discovers and exposes such cases in Australia after she is contacted by a woman who is searching for her birth mother. Once again the Catholic church shows up as the most inhumane of charities -and even if you thought the Magdalene laundries were heinous, nothing will prepare you for the neglect and shocking abuses, physical, mental, sexual and emotional that these children lived through at the hands of the 'Holy Bothers' and other incredibly predatory adults. Emily Watson plays the social worker as a model of restraint and tireless good will. Rather than being emotionally subdued, she beautifully 'holds space' for the adult survivors as they relive their harrowing stories, knowing that there is nothing one can do or say to make the trauma and pain go away or the victim feel better, until she herself begins to suffer from post traumatic disorder. Reads as a docudrama but is an important story with a terrific cast of supporting players. Well worth seeing. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2014 by lily t.

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