RABBIT
PROOF FENCE
Three aboriginal girls on path of searching their way to home.
Roles
Molly Craig Daisy Craig Gracie Fields A.O. Neville
Moodoo Constable Riggs
Rabbit Proof Fence 2002 Movie
directed by Phillip Noyce. Story based on a book named “the Rabbit-Poof Fence”
written by Doris Pilkington Garimara. Based on true story of the author’s
mother Molly Craig. Phillip Noyce explains movie his proudest moment as a
director “showing that film to various aboriginal communities around the
country and seeing their response, because it gave validity to the experiences
of the stolen generations.
Expecting movie,
resembles the war on caste. Colour which differs the Origine and Aborigine in
Australia. Movie is set in the period between 1905-1971. Australian Government,
who made a rule that Half-cast child called as Aboriginal Children should be
removed from their homes, brought to the camps, to be trained and placed as
servants and maids in home of Whites. The children who played as aboriginal
girls in this movie are not professional actors, they are untrained Aboriginal
children.
From movie it’s
explained Aboriginal children were forcible removed from their parents and it
continued till 1970. Now many of these aboriginal people continue to suffer
from this destruction of Identity, family, life and culture. And they are
called as “The Stolen Generation. Movie explains about life of 3 aboriginal
girls who travelled 9 weeks of 1500 miles across Australian desert to reach
their home. Molly acting in the movie suits the best performance words for
ever.
Moving to story A.O.
Neville, chief protector of aborigines and legal guardian of every aborigine in
the state of Western Australia has the power to control any half-caste child.
He believed segregation of half caste child from their parents was the only way
for the survival of Australian society. He was the chief protector in Western
Australia for 25 years. In the year 1931, gave an order to bring 3 Aboriginal
girls named Molly Craig, Daicy Craig and their cousin Gracie fields from
Jigalong, to the Moore River Camp, 1200 miles south from Jigalong.
All three were brought
to the camp, by Constable Riggs. The words Molly heard from the nurses, and the
founder A.O. Neville made Molly not to stay their. Molly who have the knowledge
that if they find the “Rabbit Proof Fence” and follow it they could reach their home. Comes out of the
camp with her sister and cousin. An
Aboriginal tracker Moodoo, sent to find them. The news of Molly and her
sister’s escape reached their mother by the man in Ration shop. Finally, all
three reached the Rabbit Proof Fence with lot of happiness. Molly touches the
Fence and on the other side her mother too touches the Fence and it explains
the Love between them and the moment they are waiting for.
On their way they met
few kind people who helped them in food, shelter and also explaining the wrong
way they are leading. There exists 3 Rabbit Proof Fence and you have to follow
the North Fence to reach Jigalong. He explains the way how to reach it and can
save thousand miles of long path. Neville plans to track them and having a map
informs to be waited in North of Yalgoo. If they are following the Fence they will
definitely reach the place. Neville then decides to pass false information that
Gracie’s mother is waiting for her in a place called Wiluna. The information
reaches them by a stranger, Molly warns Gracie not to hear his words he’s a
Liar. Gracie believing the informer went alone in search of her mother. She was
caught and was taken back to the camp.
Daisy was been carried
on Molly’s back walking a lot in the desert became tired and falls unconscious.
Later, when Molly came to conscious looking through the mountain feels happy
that she has reached their home. Finally, Molly and Daisy reached Jigalong,
hugged her mother with lots of Love. But it was not the end for them to visit
Moore River Native settlement.
End
the recent footage of Molly Craig and Daisy Craig shown.
Rabbit
proof-Fence a travel, with the way of young girls to reach their mother.
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