Movie Moment: Rabbit-Proof Fence
Another film about outcast groups, this one tells the true story of half Aborigine, half “white” children (known as “half-caste”) and the
The movie follows three girls named Molly, Daisy and Gracie after they were forcibly taken from their mothers and placed in a school to “civilise” them. The three girls — Molly, the oldest, in particular — decide to set off on a 1,500-mile journey to return home. On foot.
I marvelled at this movie. Molly’s sheer will and cleverness was nearly as amazing as the government’s arrogance (represented smoothly by