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Jun 25, 2024 · The Magdalene Sisters is a powerful and critically acclaimed film directed by Peter Mullan. The movie sheds light on the real-life experiences of young women who were sent to the Magdalene Asylums, also known as Magdalene Laundries, in Ireland during the 20th century.
Jun 11, 2024 · Long Lost Family: Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell host the show. Photograph: ITV. Ed Power. Tue Jun 11 2024 - 10:51. British film-makers have a mixed record when it comes to retelling the history...
Jun 26, 2024 · Quoting from an interview with the Sisters of Mercy in the Galway Magdalen asylum in the 1950s, Smith draws attention to the alarming phenomenon of young women being transferred from an industrial school to a Magdalen asylum, as a ‘preventative’ measure against impurity.
Jun 29, 2024 · The Magdalene Sisters is a 2002 drama film written and directed by Peter Mullan, portraying the experiences of four young women at a Magdalene asylum in Ireland. The film depicts the strict and often punitive environment at the asylum, where the women are subjected to harsh treatment by the nuns.
1 day ago · Between 1922 and 1996, over 10,000 Irish girls and women, specifically unmarried mothers, and those considered promiscuous, sexually abused, and/or a burden to their families or the state, were imprisoned and subjected to forced labor in Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries.
Jun 27, 2024 · Margaret (Anne-Marie Duff) is assaulted by her drunken cousin at a country ceilidh: but it's she who's packed off in the morning, her chastity irretrievably damaged and...
12 hours ago · The second reference has her standing near the cross of Jesus together with Mary Magdalene, Mary of Clopas (or Cleophas), and her own sister (possibly the same as Mary of Clopas; the wording is semantically ambiguous), along with the "disciple whom Jesus loved" (John 19:25–26).
