Rabbit-Proof Fence (film)
Rabbit-proof fence is a 2002 Australian drama film based on the book Follow The Rabbit Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington Garimara. It concerns three mixed-race Aboriginal girls, who run away from the Moore River Native Settlement, north of Perth, in which they were placed in 1931, in order to return to their Aboriginal families. The film follows the girls as they trek for nine weeks along 1,500 miles (2414 km) of the Australian rabbit-proof fence to return to their community at Jigalong while being tracked by a white authority figure and a black tracker.
- Directed by Phillip Noyce. Written by Doris Pilkington (book) and Christine Olsen.
Molly Craig
[edit]Molly Craig is the main character of the film, along with the two girls, Gracie and daisy. She is one of the two daughters of Maude. many scenes in the movie include her face from a first-person view. She is the oldest of the three girls, and is primarily portrayed as the leader of the trio.
Moodoo
[edit]Moodoo is one of the primary Antagonists of the film, being the aboriginal tracker, tasked with brining escaped half-caste girls back to The Moore-river Settlement. As the film progresses, it slowly becomes evident that he is doing this task against his will, when he smiles after they are told to stop chasing the girls.
- I'm authorizing their removal.
- Just because people have Neolithic tools, Inspector, doesn't mean they have Neolithic minds.
- If only they would understand what we are trying to do for them.
- Notice, if you will, the half-caste child. Now, what is to happen to them? Are we to allow the creation of an unwanted third race? Should colours be encouraged to go back to the black? Or should they be advanced to white status and be absorbed in the white population?
- The continuing infiltration of white blood finally stamps out the black colour.
Constable Riggs
[edit]- It's the law, Maude. I got no say in it.
Dialogue
[edit]- Gracie: [In native language to her cousins] New clothes!
- Miss Jessop: This is your new home. We don't use that jabber here. You speak English.
Taglines
[edit]- If you were kidnapped by the government, would you walk the 1500 miles back home?
- When the government kidnaps your children, you don't expect to see them again.
- If the government tore you away from your family, would you walk the 1500 miles back home?
- 1500 Miles Is A Long Way Home
- Follow Your Heart, Follow The Fence
- The True Story of a Family That Defied a Nation.
- A daring escape. An epic journey. The true story of 3 girls who walked 1500 miles to find their way home.
- Based on a True Story
- What if the government kidnapped your daughter?
Cast
[edit]- Everlyn Sampi as Molly Craig
- Tianna Sansbury as Daisy Craig
- Laura Monaghan as Gracie Fields
- Kenneth Branagh as A. O. Neville
- David Gulpilil as Moodoo
