In this essay I will be examining the movie Rabbit Proof Fence' .I am here to talk to you about the movie Rabbit Proof Fence. The movie is set in a time that is vastly different from today. Europeans had only recently infiltrated Australian borders and it had not taken long for the Aboriginal people to be reduced to second-rate citizens and have rights taken away from them in a land that was once exclusively theirs. The year is 1931, and a new policy has been introduced by Mr. Neville who is chief protector of the Aborigines, that gives the government powers to take half-caste' children away from their families. Once the children are taken away it is Mr. Neville's objective to have the children raised in institutions so that they can be integrated into white society where the black colour of their skin can be eventually bred out'.
Mr. Neville, although undoubtedly the villain in this film, is not deliberately unkind nor does he have any malicious intent. Quite the......
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