Subscribe ow.ly | Facebook ow.ly | Twitter ow.ly Release Date: October 21, 2011 Genre: Drama Cast: Hugo Weaving, Emily Watson, David Wenham Directors: Jim Loach Writer: Rona Munro Studio: See Saw Films Plot: 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.