Philomena (film) - Wikipedia London-based journalist Martin Sixsmith has lost his job as a government adviser He is approached at a party by the daughter of Philomena Lee She suggests that he write a story about her mother, who was forced to give up her toddler son Anthony nearly fifty years ago
The Missing Children (TV Movie 2021) - IMDb A heartbreaking documentary of Irish mothers and babies home in Tuam From 1922 to 1998 in Ireland, 81,000 unwed mothers were incarcerated in 44 mother and baby institutions and the mothers were forced to give up their babies There were 796 baby corpses discovered in the Tuam sewerage system
Powerful new documentary film shines a light on Irelands mother and . . . A brand new documentary about Ireland's mother and baby homes explores how over 800 unmarried mothers were incarcerated in religious institutions in Ireland The homes housed thousands of women in harsh conditions between 1922 and 1998
Small Things Like These | Hyland Cinema It is about Ireland’s notorious Magdalene Laundries: the church’s homes for unwed mothers who were made to work in an atmosphere of wretchedness and shame and had their babies taken away and sold to foster parents
Cillian Murphy’s latest film depicts horror of Ireland’s Magdalene . . . Adapted by Enda Walsh from Claire Keegan’s critically acclaimed book Small Things Like These, the tale reveals the truth of Ireland’s mother and baby home system Keegan’s previous book Foster was adapted into the Academy Award nominated Irish language film An Cailín Ciúin (The Quiet Girl)
unwed mothers Movies — The Movie Database (TMDB) What would happen if two sworn enemies, two opposed women in temperament and lifestyle find out to share the most incredible legacy: the child of their ex-husband? In a Home for unwed mothers in 1962, a pregnant girl tries to save her friend’s memories in order to save their friendship
THE CHILD REMAINS (2017) - CULTURE CRYPT Between 1928 and 1945, unordained minister William Peach Young and his wife Lila Gladys Young ran Nova Scotia’s Ideal Maternity Home, a refuge for unwed mothers shamed into giving up their newborns Whatever altruistic intentions might have motivated the house’s initial creation were short lived
Philomena, A Must-See Film About the Magdalene Laundries and Forced . . . Captured is a little known piece of adoption history—the forcible removal of Irish children from their unwed mothers and then adoption by U S families This extraordinary story illustrates the grave injustices of the Magdalene Laundries that were operated under the authority of the Catholic Church
Watch The Missing Children: Stream Full Episodes Online This true crime docuseries investigates the harrowing discovery of children’s remains found on the grounds of a home for unwed mothers and their babies in Western Ireland, exposing hypocrisy and corruption within the Catholic Church
Butterbox Babies | Sullivan Entertainment Resented by the medical community, during the 1930s, for purporting to operate as medical doctors, this intense character-driven drama follows midwife Lila, as she advocates for unwed mothers and supports them through pregnancy