In Rabbit Proof Fence, it tells of tragic and untold stories of the “stolen
generation”, the estimated 30,000 Aboriginal children forcibly removed from their
parents by Australian authorities between 1900 and the late 1960s. The film takes place
in 1931 at Jigalong, an Aboriginal settlement on the edge of the Little Sandy Desert in
northwest Australia. The children taken were relocated to Moore River Native Settlement
near Perth. This film has a very strong meaning, very heartfelt, but disturbing at times. In
Rabbit Proof Fence I would like to talk about the way the film was made and the struggle
In the film it had a lot of scenes that jumped from one scène to another, for
instances you would see the main characters Molly, Daisy and Gracie in the desert sitting
by a fence thinking they should go back to Gracie, and then you see then at the train
station running across the tracks, hiding behind a rock watching Gracie get taken away.
. . .
The film
was......
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