In the beginning of the 20th century, Australian government began to remove the half-cast Aboriginal children from their parents. The children were often re-located in institutions, or sometimes sent to foster homes. They got raised so that they could be integrated into white society, where the black color of their skin eventually could be bred out. The film Rabbit Proof Fence shows us a controversial issue in Australia and stands as a powerful testimony to the suffering of “the stolen generation”.
The movie Rabbit Proof Fence is an Australian drama movie directed by Phillip Noyce in 2002. The movie is based on the book Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence, written by Doris Pilkington, based on a true story. The book is a personal autobiography of an indigenous Australian family’s experiences living as members of the stolen generation. Rabbit Proof Fence shows us some very interesting historical and political aspects in Australia in the early 20th century. The movie begins in the community of Jigalong where three children, sisters Molly and Daisy and their cousin Gracie, were taken from their families to Moore River Native Settlement, which is 1500 miles from their home. However, the three girls escape the settlement and are faced with a seemingly impossible walk home, across Australian wildness and desert. They follow the long rabbit-proof fence to return to their community, while being persecuted by the white authority, Mr. Neville, who enforced the law “Aboriginal Act” that gives the government powers to take half-cast children away from their families and re-placed into institution. They were told to forget their families and their mother language and theirs identity. Mr. Neville spread words that Gracie’s mother is in Wiluna, and Gracie breaks off from the group. Unfortunately she gets caught. The concept of the movie is the same concept of white supremacy. The identities of the Aboriginal people were stolen and many still suffer from that.
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