Summary:
Western Australia, 1931. Government policy includes taking half-caste children from their Aboriginal mothers and sending them a thousand miles away to what amounts to indentured servitude, "to save them from themselves." Molly, Daisy, and Grace (two sisters and a cousin who are 14, 10, and 8) arrive at their Gulag and promptly escape, under Molly's lead. For days they walk north, following a fence that keeps rabbits from settlements, eluding a native tracker and the regional constabulary. Their pursuers take orders from the government's "chief protector of Aborigines," A.O. Neville, blinded by Anglo-Christian certainty, evolutionary world view and conventional wisdom. Can the girls survive?
| Runtime: | 94 min |
|---|---|
| Rating: | Rated PG for emotional thematic material. |
| Production: | Australian Film Finance Corporation (AFFC) |
| Genres: | Adventure, Drama, History |
| Country: | Australia |
| Languages: | English, Aboriginal |
| Home Release Date: | Apr 15, 2003 |
| Director | Credit |
|---|---|
| Phillip Noyce | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Christine Olsen | Screenplay |
| Doris Pilkington | Book "Follow The Rabbit-Proof Fence" |
| Principal Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Everlyn Sampi | Molly Craig |
| Kenneth Branagh | A.O. Neville |
| Tianna Sansbury | Daisy Kadibill |
| Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Celine O'Leary | Miss Jessop |
| David Gulpilil | Moodoo |
| Deborah Mailman | Mavis |
| Garry McDonald | Mr. Neal At Moore River |
| Jason Clarke | Constable Riggs |
| Kate Roberts | Matron At Moore River |
| Laura Monaghan | Gracie Fields |
| Lorna Leslie | Miss Thomas |
| Myarn Lawford | Molly's Grandmother |
| Natasha Wanganeen | Nina, Dormitory Boss |
| Ningali Lawford | Maud - Molly's Mother |
| Roy Billing | Police Inspector |
| Producer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Christine Olsen | Producer |
| David Elfick | Executive Producer |
| Emile Sherman | Co-Executive Producer |
| Jeremy Thomas | Executive Producer |
| John Winter | Producer |
| Jonathan Shteinman | Co-Executive Producer |
| Kathleen McLaughlin | Executive Producer |
| Laura Burrows | Associate Producer |
| Oliver Huzly | Co-Producer |
| Phillip Noyce | Producer |
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