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Oranges and Sunshine is a 2010 biographical drama film directed by Jim Loach, in his directorial debut, with a screenplay by Rona Munro, based on the 1994 book Empty Cradles by Margaret Humphreys. The film stars Emily Watson, Hugo Weaving and David Wenham.
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Oct 21, 2011 · In 1987, Nottingham, England, social worker Margaret Humphreys (Emily Watson) learns the horrific extent of this program as she attempts to help two of its survivors, the timid Jack (Hugo Weaving...
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Oct 26, 2011 · A true story of British children deported to Australia and separated from their families. Emily Watson plays the social worker who uncovers the scandal and helps the victims reconnect.
Dec 6, 2010 · A film about the social activist who reunited thousands of children with their families and exposed a scandalous case of child abuse in Australia. Oranges and Sunshine is a drama based on the novel Empty Cradles by Margaret Humphreys, released in 2010 by the BBC.
Mar 31, 2011 · Oranges and Sunshine – review This article is more than 13 years old Emily Watson stars in a hard-hitting drama about the scandal of child deportation to Australia.
Apr 7, 2011 · As Oranges and Sunshine, a moving new film by Jim Loach – son of Ken – shows, Humphreys defied death threats to discover the truth about these former child migrants and their past lives.
Oranges and Sunshine tells the story of Nottingham social worker Margaret Humphreys, who uncovered one of the most significant social scandals in recent history: the forced migration of children from the United Kingdom.
