An armful of destitute orphans transported to the New World at the turn of the century. This is the turbulent and moving story of four British ‘bricks for Empire building’ - based on the memoirs of some of the 100,000 ‘home children’ who helped build the new Canada.
Sarah Polley | James Bradford | Eric Peterson | Fiona Reid | Loreena McKennitt | R. H. Thomson | Gerard Parkes | Cedric Smith | Amos Crawley | Robert Haley | George Buza | Dennis O'Connor | Judy Sinclair | Meg Hogarth | Jack Jessop | Maureen McRae | Peter Ferri | Torquil Campbell | Donna Edwards | Nicholas Rice | Alison MacLeod | Huw Davies | Larry Schwartz | Tony Desmond | Jan Austin | Sian Leisa Davies | Nathan Adamson | David Hughes | Antonio Cairo