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Lemn Sissay: A child of the state
About this film
Literature has long been fascinated with fostered, adopted and orphaned children, from Moses to Cinderella to Oliver Twist to Harry Potter. So why do many parentless children feel compelled to hide their pasts? Poet and playwright Lemn Sissay tells his own moving story. (Filmed at TEDxHousesofParliament.)
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TED.com
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TEDTalks, TED, Talks, children, culture, spoken word, TEDxHousesofParliament, 2012
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