‘Stolen’ reveals how women who fell 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 mother and baby institutions run by nuns from 1922 to 1998. Most were cruelly separated from their babies after birth. Many 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 devoid of care and love. 9,000 enfants died in these institutions, a rate that, sometimes, was five times the national average. Survivors expose the shocking details of their treatment while journalists, historians and artists provide a context for a scandal that sparked a government inquiry. The film has received multiple 5-star reviews in Ireland with Donald Clarke of the Irish Times describing it a “..whispered epic of still-raw secrets.”

DIRECTOR: Margo Harkin / PRODUCER: Martha O’Neill

1 hr 42 mins, Ireland