Watson's Oranges and Sunshine Trailer
October 29th 2011 00:16
Featuring two-time Academy Award nominee Emily Watson, this new drama about real-life social worker Margaret Humprehys (played by Watson) as she attempts to reunite illicitly deported children with their estranged families expands into select theaters on October 28, 2011!
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.
This movie might be hard for me to watch, but Emily Watson is just a talented actress. It might be worth watching.
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