Rabbit-Proof Fence 2002

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 94 min

genre: drama

theme: independent

director: Phillip Noyce

Score: 6 / 10

Rabbit-Proof Fence is a 2002 Australian epic drama film directed and produced by Phillip Noyce. It was based on the 1996 book Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington Garimara, an Aboriginal Australian author. It is loosely based on 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. They had been removed from their families and placed there in 1931.

Plot

In 1931, two sisters14-year-old Molly and 8-year-old Daisyand their 10-year-old cousin Gracie are living in the Western Australian town of Jigalong. The town lies along the northern part of one of the fences making up Australia's rabbit-proof fence (called Number One Fence), which runs for over one thousand miles.

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More details

author	Christine Olsen
award	AACTA Award for Best Film AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score AACTA Award for Best Sound London Film Critics Circle Award for Director of the Year National Board of Review Award for Best Director
contentLocation	Australia
director	Phillip Noyce
editor	Veronika Jenet
genre	adventure drama historical western
keywords	a. o. neville australian aborigine australian outback boys and girls chief protector of aborigines corporal punishment end force half-caste hide moore river native settlement perth protector of western australian aborigines rabbit-proof fence return home shill south west speak their way train station two girls wait west western australian
musicBy	Peter Gabriel
nomination	AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role AACTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay AACTA Award for Best Cinematography AACTA Award for Best Costume Design AACTA Award for Best Direction AACTA Award for Best Editing AACTA Award for Best Film AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score AACTA Award for Best Production Design AACTA Award for Best Sound AACTA Award for Best Young Actor Chlotrudis Award for Best Director Chlotrudis Award for Best Film Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score London Film Critics Circle Award for Director of the Year National Board of Review Award for Best Director Political Film Society Award for Exposé Political Film Society Award for Human Rights
producer	John Winter
productionCompany	Australian Film Finance Corporation Showtime Australia
publisher	Becker Group HanWay Films
recordedAt	Adelaide
theme	independent survival