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Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002 movie)

5 Ratings: 3.0

A movie

Based on a true story,Rabbit-Proof Fencemoves with dignified grace from its joyful opening scenes to a conclusion that's moving beyond words. The title refers to a 1,500-mile fence separating outback desert from the farmlands of Western … see full wiki

Tags: Movies, Drama Movies, Dramas

Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Andrew S. Gilbert, Garry McDonald, Ken Radley, Deborah Mailman, Everlyn Sampi, see all

Director: Phillip Noyce

Genre: Drama

Release Date: November 29, 2002

MPAA Rating: PG

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review by engelcox. July 07, 2005

Fascinating

We've been trying to see this film for a while now, after having missed it in the theater. I was interested because it had a score by Peter Gabriel, who has great taste for movies with which to lend his efforts (e.g., Birdy, The Last Tempation of Christ). It also had Kenneth Branagh in it, whom I don't follow as much as I used to given his recent track record, but when he's good, he's very good. And in this movie, playing the part of Mr. Neville, the "Aborigine Protector" of Australia for 25 years, … more

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review by AdamHunnicutt. September 15, 2004

A Geat Story

Rabbit Proof Fence is an experience that will stay with me for a long time. During the Early 1900's the Australian government formed an organization that could declare parental rights over "Caste" aboriginal children. Their goal, a three generational breed-out of these lighter skinned children. In short, if they marry caucasions, and their own children do so, their grandchildren would be white. This would obliterate their race, a chilling notion that we have seen many times … more

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review by rmurray847. May 28, 2003

Fascinating & illuminating

RABBIT PROOF FENCE illustrates a piece of Australian history that I, as an American, knew nothing about. From 1931 to 1970, the aborigines were under the "guardianship" of a British bureaucrat, with the particular idea of separating "half-caste" aborigines from their full-blooded parents and putting them in a home so they could learn how to be servants and low-wage employees.We follow three girls (aged 8-14) who are separated from their homes and placed in this camp some 1200 miles away. Molly, … more

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review by gradyharp. April 17, 2003

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A Celebration of the Tenacious Human Spirit

Director Phillip Noyce has succeeded in creating a cinematic version of the true book about the 'racial cleansing' of the Australian Aborigines that took part in the first half of the 20th Century. The Australian government subsidized campsites to where half caste Aboriginal girls would be sent to breed with white men and thus diminish the ethnic qualities of the 'backward natives'. In three genrations the half castes could produce dilution of the 'blackness' of their people by creating half castes … more

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