Rabbit-Proof Fence
2002 Australian film by Phillip Noyce / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rabbit-Proof Fence is a 2002 Australian drama film directed and produced by Phillip Noyce based on the 1996 book Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington Garimara. It is loosely based on a true story concerning the author's mother Molly Craig, aunt Daisy Kadibil and cousin Gracie, who escaped from the Moore River Native Settlement, north of Perth, Western Australia, to return to their Aboriginal families, after being placed there in 1931. The film follows the Aboriginal girls as they walk for nine weeks along 1,600 km (990 mi) of the Australian rabbit-proof fence to return to their community at Jigalong, while being pursued by white law enforcement authorities and an Aboriginal tracker.[2] The film illustrates the official child removal policy that existed in Australia between approximately 1905 and 1967. Its victims now are called the "Stolen Generations".
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Directed by | Phillip Noyce |
Screenplay by | Christine Olsen |
Based on | Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington Garimara |
Produced by | Phillip Noyce Christine Olsen John Winter |
Starring | Everlyn Sampi Tianna Sansbury Laura Monaghan David Gulpilil Kenneth Branagh |
Cinematography | Christopher Doyle |
Edited by | Veronika Jenet John Scott |
Music by | Peter Gabriel |
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Distributed by | Becker Entertainment |
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Running time | 93 minutes[1] |
Country | Australia |
Languages | Walmajarri English |
Budget | USD$6 million |
Box office | USD$16.2 million |
The soundtrack to the film, called Long Walk Home: Music from the Rabbit-Proof Fence, is by Peter Gabriel. British producer Jeremy Thomas, who has a long connection with Australia, was executive producer of the film, selling it internationally through his sales arm, HanWay Films. In 2005 the British Film Institute included it in the BFI list of the 50 films you should see by the age of 14.