It's a rare drama that's rich in vitamins C and D, but somehow they did it, assuming naming the drama Oranges and Sunshine gives it the very properties of those objects. If not, at least they're giving the voice to an international scandal involving shipping off of children from the UK to Australia. Oranges and Sunshine is directed by Jim Loach, and stars Emily Watson, David Wenham, and Hugo Weaving.
Here's the official synopsis:
Oranges and Sunshine tells the story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham who uncovered one of the most significant social scandals of recent times: the 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 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 labor and life in institutions.
The trailer...
And the new poster...
