Rabbit-proof fence / Miramax Films, HanWay and Australian Film Finance Corporation present a Rumbalara Films, Olsen Levy Production ; in association with Showtime Australia ; directed by Phillip Noyce ; screenplay by Christine Olsen ; produced by Phillip Noyce, Christine Olsen ; producer, John Winter.
Publisher:
MiramaxLLC :
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Videodisc release of the 2002 motion picture. Based on the book by Doris Pilkington Garimara. Everlyn Sampi, Tianna Sansbury, Laura Monaghan, David Gulpilil, Ningali Lawford, Myarn Lawford, Deborah Mailman, Jason Clarke, Kenneth Branagh. Filmed on location in Adelaide and the Flinders Ranges of South Australia and the Pilbara Region of Western Australia.
Summary:
Follows three aboriginal girls--Molly and her younger cousins, Gracie and Daisy--in 1931 Australia as they escape from the internment camp and the Australian government's plan to integrate them into white society and then must avoid capture during their 1,500 mile trek back to their home. In 1931 Australia, three aboriginal girls -- Molly and her younger cousins, Gracie and Daisy -- are plucked from their homes and placed into an internment camp, there to be trained as domestic staff and integrated into white society, per the Australian government's plan. They escape the camp, and set off on a 1,500 mile trek back to their home across the Outback, following a fence that keeps rabbits away from the settlements.
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