Movies and TvShows featuring "forced-adoption" theme.

Lorna Brady wakes one morning to find a corpse in her house with no idea who the dead woman is. She doubts herself, because she has long suffered from extreme bouts of sleepwalking.

A pregnant single mother in the Bay Area navigates the challenges of motherhood and addiction while seeking support from her community. She must make difficult decisions that will impact the future of her family.

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Listen is a drama film that follows a mother who is deaf-mute and fighting to keep her child after her hearing is restored. Facing suspicion and forced adoption, she must navigate the legal system and prove that she is capable of taking care of her child.

Sinners is a powerful drama set in 1960s Ireland, focusing on the story of a young woman who finds herself in a Magdalene Laundry, a Catholic nun-operated institution where 'fallen women' were sent to perform manual labor as punishment for their sins. Separated from her baby and subjected to physical punishment, she navigates the oppressive religious order and attempts to break free from the social stigma of her past. The film explores themes of abuse, forced adoption, social injustice, and the strength of the human spirit in the face of adversity.

Anne Hamilton-Byrne was beautiful, charismatic and delusional. She was also incredibly dangerous. Convinced she was the reincarnation of Jesus Christ, Hamilton-Byrne headed an apocalyptic sect called The Family, which was prominent in Melbourne from the 1960s through to the 1990s. With her husband Bill, she acquired numerous children – some through adoption scams, some born to cult members – and raised them as her own. Isolated from the outside world, the children were dressed in matching outfits, had identical dyed blonde hair, and were allegedly beaten, starved and injected with LSD. Taught that Hamilton-Byrne was both their mother and the messiah, the children were eventually rescued during a police raid in 1987, but their trauma had only just begun.

The Missing Children (2021) delves into the dark and tragic past of Ireland, uncovering the shocking truth behind the disappearance of countless children. Through the investigations of local and amateur historians, the film exposes the conflict between the Catholic Church and the state, unearthing unmarked graves, burial grounds, and mass graves. The uncovering of human remains and the documentation of child neglect paint a harrowing picture of the mistreatment and neglect of children in religious institutions. Forced adoptions, secrecy, and record-keeping practices reveal a sinister side of the Catholic Church's involvement in Ireland's history.