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Aro Recommended Rabbit Proof Fence

 

Australia 2002, 94 minutes
Dir. Phillip Noyce
Rating: [PG]
Genres: Drama

Topics: Indigenous & Minority Cultures, Period 1930s, Educational Resource.

 

Aroview: Recounting a single true-story of Australia’s “Stolen Generation” - young Aboriginal half-castes forcibly taken from families by the authorities to be raised as whites - this chapter of secret history is told, less in all its complexity, but more as an intensely dramatic personal narrative.

Three girls flee from the clutches of Kenneth Branagh’s religious reformatory in the 1930s, hoping to walk 1500 miles back to their tribal home, pursued all the way by veteran tracker David Gulpilil. If at times the story feels a little drawn-out, with Peter Gabriel’s music an overly melodious accompaniment, the naturalistic performance of lead Everlyn Sampi (as well as Tianna Sansbury and Laura Monaghan) is thoroughly involving, and the film overall is an ample stimulation to thought.

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DVD Features

Also includes a 4:3 (full-frame) version.

  • audio commentary
  • cast and/or crew interviews
  • 'making of' documentary / featurette
  • trailers
  • aspect ratio: 2.35:1
  • 2-disc set
 

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