Stolen

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Director : Margo Harkin

Stars : Marie Arbuckle, Joanne Neary, Michael O’ Flaherty, Catriona Crowe, Noelle Brown

Duration : 107 mins

Language : English

Genre : Documentary

Rating : M

Original Release : 3 November 2023 (Ireland)

SYNOPSIS : ‘Stolen’ reveals how women who had the misfortune to fall pregnant ‘out of wed lock’ were treated in an Ireland that was heavily influenced by the Catholic Church. Over 80,000 unmarried mothers were in car cerated in mother and baby institutions run by nuns from 1922 to 1998. Most were cruelly separated from their babies after birth. Many of the children were adopted within Ireland and abroad–rendered untraceable and unaware of their birth story. Others were fostered out as cheap farm labour from the age of six, often in circumstances a by small devoid of care and love. 9,000 infants died in these institutions from1922 to 1998, a rate that, on occasion, was five times the national average infant mortality rate. Survivors expose the shocking details of their treatment in a scandal that sparked a government inquiry into the fate of unmarried women who fell pregnant in 20th century Ireland.

AWARDS :

NOMINEE–Best Feature Documentary–2024 Irish Film and Television Awards

NOMINEE–Best Documentary–2023 Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards