Additional information for Oranges and Sunshine, which has a domestic theatrical release set for April 1, 2011. The film is being distributed by Icon Entertainment International and has not yet been rated. The film's total running time is still unknown.
R
USA
15A
Ireland
12
Netherlands
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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 Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham, who uncovered one of the most significant social scandals in recent times: the forced migration of children from the United Kingdom. Almost singlehandedly, against overwhelming odds and with little regard for her own well-being, Margaret reunited thousands of families, brought authorities to account and worldwide attention to an extraordinary miscarriage of justice. She discovered a secret that the British government had kept hidden for years: one hundred and thirty thousand 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 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.
Jim Loach
Director(s)
Rona Munro
Margaret Humphreys
Writer(s)
Suzanne Alizart
executive producer: EMI Media
Arnab Banerji
executive producer
Camilla Bray
producer
Iain Canning
producer
Mark Gooder
executive producer: Icon Entertainment International
Fiona Lanyon
associate producer: Australia
Sharon Menzies
executive producer: Fulcrum Media Finance
Rebecca O'Brien
executive producer
Joan Schneider
line producer
Emile Sherman
producer
Producer(s)
Lisa Gerrard
Composer(s)
Margaret Humphreys
Emily Watson
Susie
Aisling Loftus
Bill
Stuart Wolfenden
Nicky
Lorraine Ashbourne
Charlotte
Federay Holmes
Merv
Richard Dillane
Rachel
Molly Windsor
Ben
Harvey Scrimshaw
Susan
Tammy Wakefield
Australia House Official (as Alastair Cummings)
Alastair Cumming
Vera
Kate Rutter
Jack
Hugo Weaving
Miss Hutchison
Marg Downey
Syd
Geoff Revell
Betty
Chrissie Page
Archivist
Tristan Hudson
Rita
Marie Wheeler-King
Joan
Tanya Myers
Bob
Greg Stone
Len
David Wenham
Dan
Russell Dykstra
Radio Interviewer
Jude Henshall
Pauline
Tara Morice
Nurse
Mandahla Rose
Walter
Geoff Morrell
Mary (as Barbara Marten)
Barbara Martin
TV Interviewer
Tony Mack
Monsignor Brutin
Neil Melville
James
Neil Pigot
Hotel Receptionist
Eliza Lovell
Charity Rep 1
Robert Purdy
Government Official 1
Tim Goodman
Government Official 2
Brenda Lawrence
Charity Rep 2
Carolina Giammetta
Charity Rep 3
Mark Jardine
Radio Studio Receptionist
Kate Box
Shouting Man
Adam Morgan
Doctor
Adam Tedder
Graham
Marcus Eyre
Hotel Attendee (uncredited)
Kurt Bayly
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Oranges and Sunshine
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Director(s)
Margaret Humphreys
Writer(s)
executive producer: EMI Media
Arnab Banerji
executive producer
Camilla Bray
producer
Iain Canning
producer
Mark Gooder
executive producer: Icon Entertainment International
Fiona Lanyon
associate producer: Australia
Sharon Menzies
executive producer: Fulcrum Media Finance
Rebecca O'Brien
executive producer
Joan Schneider
line producer
Emile Sherman
producer
Producer(s)
Composer(s)
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