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Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts)
Tue Jul 22, 2014, 01:49 PM Jul 2014

Oranges and Sunshine (2010)

Set in 1980s Nottingham, social worker Margaret Humphreys holds the British government accountable for child migration schemes and reunite the children involved -- now adults living mostly in Australia -- with their parents in Britain.

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. Almost singlehandedly, against overwhelming odds and with little regard for her own well-being, Humphreys reunited thousands of families, brought authorities to account, and turned worldwide attention to an extraordinary miscarriage of justice.

She discovered a secret that the British government had kept hidden for years: 130,000 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 group homes on the other side of the globe, where many were subjected to appalling abuse. They were promised "oranges and sunshine"; they got hard labour and life in institutions.

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Oranges and Sunshine (2010) (Original Post) Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2014 OP
This movie completely passed my notice when it came out. scarletwoman Jul 2014 #1
I too knew nothing and was absolutely horrified Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2014 #2
If I could rec your OP again, I would. scarletwoman Jul 2014 #3
Thanks for the support. N/t Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2014 #4
Thanks Tuesday Crewleader Jul 2014 #5
Please consider giving this a rec. it only needs one more Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2014 #6
Definitely, you beat me to it.... Crewleader Jul 2014 #7
Thanks. It's for a worthy cause Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2014 #8

scarletwoman

(31,893 posts)
1. This movie completely passed my notice when it came out.
Tue Jul 22, 2014, 08:23 PM
Jul 2014

Nor did I know anything about the events it portrays. So, when I saw your post I immediately took to google to find out more - my gawd, how utterly horrifying what was done to those children and their families!

I don't know what else to say. I'm absolutely dumbstruck by what was done by a supposedly "civilized" nation. Well done to the folks who made this movie happen. Thank you for posting about it.

Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts)
2. I too knew nothing and was absolutely horrified
Tue Jul 22, 2014, 08:35 PM
Jul 2014

To learn about this tragedy. Just awful and very sad. This movie needs to be seen. These stories need more exposure. The Queen herself should be held accountable, IMO. Some kind of restitution should be made.

I am going to rec my own thread and hope to get one more so moreDUers will see this.

Thank you scarlet woman.

scarletwoman

(31,893 posts)
3. If I could rec your OP again, I would.
Tue Jul 22, 2014, 08:49 PM
Jul 2014

Hopefully, someone else will come along to rec it.

Thanks again for bringing this up.

Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts)
6. Please consider giving this a rec. it only needs one more
Tue Jul 22, 2014, 09:28 PM
Jul 2014

To send it to the greatest page where it will get more exposure. Thanks.

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