Tells the true story of three aboriginal girls who are forcibly taken from their families in 1931 to be trained as domestic servants as part of an official australian government policy.
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Directed by phillip noyce executive produced by jeremy thomas twitter.
In 1930s australia three indigenous young girls are brutally torn away from their mother and sent over 1600km away a distance they will attempt to overcome in order to return home.
The fact that it is only loosely based on the true story to build drama does not matter though.
Rabbit proof fence set in 1931 two sisters 14 year old molly and 8 year old daisy and their 10 year old cousin gracie live in the western australian town of jigalong.
Molly and her younger sister part of what would become known as australia s stolen generations must elude the authorities on a dangerous 1 500 mile adventure along the rabbit proof fence that bisects.
Although it is only loosely based on a true story concerning molly s mother.
Best of all you need to find out what makes this important.
Western australia 1931 government policy includes taking halfcaste children from their aboriginal mothers and sending them a thousand miles away to what amounts to.
It s really hard to distinguish the good from the good.
They make a daring escape and embark on an epic 1 500 mile journey to get back home following the rabbit proof fence that bisects the australian continent with the authorities in hot pursuit.
Based on a true story three aboriginal girls escape after being taken from their family as part of the white australia policy and set off on a treacherous journey to find their way home.