Another film about outcast groups, this one tells the true story of half Aborigine, half “white” children (known as “half-caste”) and the Australian government‘s effort to “breed” them white. (An effort that didn’t end until 1970.) Much like The Pianist, it is a story of discrimination — and determination.

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 Kenneth Branagh) in its wish to “save them from themselves.”

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