Rabbit-Proof Fence (movie) facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Rabbit-Proof Fence |
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Map of the rabbit-proof fence showing the trip from Moore River to Jigalong.
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| Directed by | Phillip Noyce |
| Produced by | Phillip Noyce Christine Olsen John Winter |
| Screenplay by | Christine Olsen |
| Starring | Everlyn Sampi Kenneth Branagh David Gulpilil |
| Music by | Peter Gabriel |
| Cinematography | Christopher Doyle |
| Editing by | Veronika Jenet John Scott |
| Studio | Rumbalara Films Olsen Levy Showtime Australia |
| Distributed by | Becker Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | 4 February 2002 |
| Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | Western Desert language English |
| Budget | USD$6 million |
| Money made | USD$16.2 million |
Rabbit-Proof Fence is a 2002 Australian drama film directed by Phillip Noyce based on the book Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington Garimara. It is loosely based on a true story concerning the author's mother Molly, as well as two other mixed-race Aboriginal girls, Daisy Kadibil and Grace, who ran away from the Moore River Native Settlement, north of Perth, Western Australia, to return to their Aboriginal families, after being placed there in 1931. The film follows the Aboriginal girls as they walk for nine weeks along 1,500 miles (2,400 km) of the Australian rabbit-proof fence to return to their community at Jigalong, while being pursued by white law enforcement authorities and an Aboriginal tracker.
In 2005 the British Film Institute included it in the BFI list of the 50 films you should see by the age of 14.
Images for kids
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Map of the rabbit-proof fence showing the trip from Moore River to Jigalong
See also
In Spanish: Rabbit-Proof Fence para niños
