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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Doris Pilkington (book)
Christine Olsen (screenplay)
Release Date:
21 February 2002 (Australia) more
Tagline:
If you were kidnapped by the government, would you walk the 1500 miles back home? more
Plot:
In 1931, three aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff and set off on a trek across the Outback. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 21 wins & 24 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(15 articles)
Listen To Genius Producer Jeremy Thomas
(From Deadline Hollywood. 10 October 2009, 11:24 PM, PDT)
Noyce returning to South Africa / Portman Set to Star in Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan / Sean Penn Taking a Break From Hollywood.
(From SoundOnSight. 22 June 2009, 8:28 AM, PDT)
User Comments:
Statement movie about a bad chapter in Australian history more (214 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Everlyn Sampi | ... | Molly Craig |
| Tianna Sansbury | ... | Daisy Kadibill |
| Laura Monaghan | ... | Gracie Fields |
| David Gulpilil | ... | Moodoo |
| Ningali Lawford | ... | Maud |
| Myarn Lawford | ... | Molly's Grandmother |
| Deborah Mailman | ... | Mavis |
| Jason Clarke | ... | Constable Riggs |
 | Kenneth Branagh | ... | A.O. Neville |
| Natasha Wanganeen | ... | Nina, Dormitory Boss |
| Garry McDonald | ... | Mr. Neal at Moore River |
 | Roy Billing | ... | Police Inspector |
| Lorna Leslie | ... | Miss Thomas |
| Celine O'Leary | ... | Miss Jessop |
| Kate Roberts | ... | Matron at Moore River |
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Rated PG for emotional thematic material.
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Runtime:
94 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Certification:
Switzerland:10 (canton of Zurich) | Malaysia:U | Iceland:L | South Korea:All | Portugal:M/12 | South Africa:13V (theatrical rating) | South Africa:PG (DVD rating) | USA:TV-PG (cable rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Finland:K-11 | France:U | Germany:6 | Hong Kong:I | Netherlands:12 | Norway:11 | Peru:PT | Singapore:PG | Spain:7 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG | USA:PG (certificate #38838)
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The world premiere of this film was held in an outdoor screening at Jigalong, the outback community where the girls were taken from, and where they still live. more
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Continuity: Far into the story the film shows the view from Mr. Neville's office window, allowing us to see a few applicants. Among those is a couple whose application had been rejected early in the story by Mr. Neville. Obviously the same set served different scenes that were far apart in time. more
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Western Australia 1931
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For 100 years the Aboriginal Peoples have resisted the invasion of their lands by white settlers.
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Now, a special law, the Aborigines Act, controls their lives in every detail.
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Mr. A. O. Neville, the Chief Protector of Aborigines, is the legal guardian of every Aborigine in the State of Western Australia.
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He has the power "to remove any half-caste child" from their family, from anywhere within the state.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Gulpilil: One Red Blood (2002) (V) more
Soundtrack:
The Masked Masqueraders more
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Official policy between 1910 and 1970 in Australia allowed half-caste Aborigine children to be forcibly removed from their families and incarcerated ‘for their own' good in training schools where their were educated to become fitting servants for white families. This institutionalised eugenics, still recent enough to be remembered by its victims, is still a controversial issue in Australia where the PM John Howard refuses to give an official apology. The film has been doing very well in Australia. The story follows three such girls who are forcibly re-located but escape, and follow the ‘rabbit-proof fence' on a 1500 mile journey back home. The title itself seems to echo not only the yellow brick road of the Wizard of Oz (another journey to reclaim one's wholeness) but the fence that was erected to contain animals – which is just how the Aborigine children are treated, albeit with the best intentions. The story was adapted from a book by the daughter of the youngest surviving half-cast Aborigine portrayed in the film – the actual child actors had mostly never seen a motion picture before let alone acted in one.