When social worker margaret humphreys discovers that infants have been shipped from england to australia, she starts digging deeper into the mystery. Why were the children told their birth parents were dead? And why were the mothers and parents told their children had been adopted.. when they hadn't been? What happened here? Siblings split up, sent to various far-away countries, usually without anyone's consent. And the deeper she digs, the worse the conditions seem to be; abuse, beatings, bad living conditions. The church says she is attacking them, but she just wants to reunite families, and help them get counseling if they need it. A sad but true story. Based on the actual experiences of margaret humphreys, the author. Directed by jim loach. It's good! For more detailed info, check out the wikipedia entries for "oranges and sunshine" and for margaret humphreys.
Review of Oranges and Sunshine
