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The story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham, who uncovers one of the most significant social scandals in recent times – the forced migration of children from the United Kingdom to Australia and other Commonwealth countries.
Oct 20, 2011 · Oranges and Sunshine is a true-life drama that tells the story of Margaret Humphreys (played by Emily Watson), a social worker from Nottingham, England who uncovered one of the most significant...
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Overview. The story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham, who uncovers one of the most significant social scandals in recent times – the forced migration of children from the United Kingdom to Australia and other Commonwealth countries. Almost singlehandedly, Margaret reunited thousands of families, brought authorities to ...
Oct 20, 2011 · Oranges and Sunshine, based on the 1994 book Empty Cradles by Nottingham social worker Margaret Humphreys, deals with the fallout from the forced — and largely secret — migration of English...
Nov 4, 2011 · Actress Emily Watson, author Margaret Humphreys, and director Jim Loach discuss this true-story drama arriving in theaters October 21.
Oct 9, 2011 · Through interviews with child migrants, who in the film are portrayed by actors Hugo Weaving and David Wenham, to name just two, audiences learn that the children—who ranged in age from 4 to...
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Oranges and Sunshine: Directed by Jim Loach. With Emily Watson, Aisling Loftus, Stuart Wolfenden, Lorraine Ashbourne. Set in 1980s Nottingham, social worker Margaret Humphreys holds the British government accountable for child migration schemes and reunites the children involved -- now adults living mostly in Australia -- with their parents in ...
