Synopsis
Stolen tells the story of how women who had the misfortune to fall pregnant 'out of wedlock' were treated in an Ireland that was heavily influenced by the Catholic Church. Over 80,000 unmarried mothers were incarcerated in institutions run by nuns from 1922 to 1998. Most were cruelly separated from their babies shortly after birth. Many of the children were adopted within Ireland and abroad -- unaware of their birth story and untraceable by their mothers. Others were fostered out as cheap farm labor from the age of six, often in circumstances abysmally devoid of care and love. 9,000 babies and children died in these institutions from 1922 to 1998, a rate that, on occasion, was five times the national average infant mortality rate.
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Director
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Margo Harkin
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Producer
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Margo Harkin,
Martha O'Neill
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Production Co
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Besom Productions,
Wildfire Films
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Genre
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Documentary
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Original Language
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English
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Runtime
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1h 43m
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