Dear Daughter

A harrowing, unflinching account of childhood trauma and survival, told with raw honesty and quiet determination.

Directed by

Louis Lentin

Starring

Christine Buckley, Emmanuel Eke, Mary Moynihan

Overview

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.

How it feels

Bleak, dark, melancholic and earnest. Measured and demanding.

About

Trauma, identity, isolation, survival

Content

Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.

Note

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