(Dear Daughter)

Content: Dear Daughter was the first televised exposure of the horrific abuse of hundreds of children in Ireland’s industrial schools. Christine Buckley bravely recounts the extent of the atrocities she experienced as a child in Dublin’s Goldenbridge orphanage in this drama-documentary. Born in Dublin, she was the daughter of a married Irish woman and a Nigerian medical student. At the age of three weeks old she was given up to be fostered. Dear Daughter delves into her traumatic childhood at the orphanage and her persistent determination to find her parents.

Countries:

Ireland

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Runtime:

55 minutes

Year:

1996

Directors:

Louis Lentin

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Production companies:

RTÉ

Actors:

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Ariwodo Kalunta

Anna West

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