Rabbit Poof Fence

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 scÐ"Ёne 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.

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The film

was documentary; it showed what really happened to the Aboriginal children and tells

you why they are called the stolen generation. I liked the film I would

recommend to others to watch, it made me love my children even more, knowing that I

live in a country where we have choices. Anyone caught contravening mission rules or attempting to escape

are placed in solitary and beaten. How can one man think he can take all the children,

away from their parents just because they are half caste? It should not matter what color

of skin you may have or the country you live, or who your parents are even. The

music that was played in the background was very quiet, and sometimes a scene in the

film had no background music very quiet and still, but some of the scenes in the film, the

music gave it a more powerful meaning, a sense of will and strength that the girls can

make

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