The Magdalenes

Imagine if you were abducted and held prisoner against your will: if your possessions were taken, your hair was cut; you were forced to wear a uniform and answer to a new name. For women like Gabrielle O’Gorman who were sent to the Magdalene Institutions in Ireland, this was a reality. Gabrielle tells her story, and revisits the now-derelict Institution she was sent to as a teenager. This film, made by Nick Carew, was funded by the University of Kent, and completed with the help of the Women's Studies Centre at University College Dublin who led an Irish Research Council project on the Magdalene Institutions.
 CREDITS

Human Rights

Related topics: 

Justice & Equality

The Nature Of Evil

Keystage: 

Key stage 3

Key stage 4

Subjects: 

PSHE

RE

Genre: 

Drama

Factual

Personal

Keywords:

Magdalene

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institution

Ireland

Roman Catholic

Religious Order

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human rights

penance

slave

stigma

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