Oranges and Sunshine (15)
- Consumer Advice: Contains strong language and references to child sex abuse
- Run time: 1 hour 45 mins
- Genre: Drama
- Release date: 1st April 2011
- Starring: Hugo Weaving, Emily Watson, David Wenham
- Directed by: Jim Loach
- Distributor: Icon Film Distribution Ltd
Plot Synopsis
Oranges and Sunshine tells the true story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham who uncovered one of the most shocking social scandals of recent times: the forced 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 were 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.