Rabbit Proof Fence is a movie that tells a story of three half-caste girls from an Aboriginal settlement in Western Australia. In 1931 the girls were seized from their families and taken to a government compound to the Far South by the police who were acting according to state policy. The three girls managed to escape and made a miracle journey one thousand miles through the dessert to get back home. During their journey they followed a fence which was built from north to south in order to keep the rabbits out of the fields. Luckily the girls received food and help from some strangers whom they encountered on their way. The movie shows us about the horrible Aboriginal child removal policies in Australia during the 20th century.
Rabbit Proof Fence is one of the movies that I would highly recommend to watch. It touches upon some serious problems that remain relevant up to this date. From the prospective of three little girls we can get a general idea how prejudice and belief in superiority of one’s culture over others can ruin people’s lives, break homes, separate children from their parents. The movie depicts how easily the government can abuse its power and impose its own way of life on other people without any proper knowledge of their traditions and values.
Rabbit Proof Fence is one of the movies that I would highly recommend to watch. It touches upon some serious problems that remain relevant up to this date. From the prospective of three little girls we can get a general idea how prejudice and belief in superiority of one’s culture over others can ruin people’s lives, break homes, separate children from their parents. The movie depicts how easily the government can abuse its power and impose its own way of life on other people without any proper knowledge of their traditions and values.
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