I took a break from my study and watched the DVD, Oranges
and sunshine a couple days ago. The movie was based on a true event - children
migration, from UK to Australia in the 1950s to 1970s.
These children were sent with promises, but instead they
received hard labor and lives in institutions. In fact, many cases are child
abuse. The children were told that their parents were death and they were given
a second chance in a faraway continent.
The story started from a woman who took a social worker,
Mary Humphreys that she was sent to Australia at the age of four in 1950s.
She just wanted to know, "who is she? Where is her family in UK?" After an initial search, Mary found that that's only one of many thousands of
cases .... Gradually, the disgraced history came to the surface. In February 2010, the UK Prime Minster Brown publicly apologied to those who suffered from the child migration.
A heartbreaking
movie.
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