An incredible but true Depression-era story about a 1,200 mile trek by three little aboriginal girls across rugged Aussie terrain is brought to the screen in "Rabbit-Proof Fence," which marks ...

Jon Beaupre discusses the new film, “Rabbit Proof Fence,” about 3 Aboriginal children who are kidnapped from their mothers by the Australian government to be raised in government schools ...

Under an Australian government policy in effect for four decades, mixed race (white-Aboriginal) children were taken from their parents and placed in schools to be trained as domestic servants.

Australian government minister Eric Abetz threatened to use federal funds to sponsor a pamphlet attacking "Rabbit-Proof Fence," which won the best-picture prize at the recent Australian Film ...

“Rabbit-Proof Fence” PG for emotional thematic material. Best suited for children 8 or older watching with their parents to talk about racial and family issues ...

Rabbit-Proof Fence tells the story of Molly, Gracie, and Daisy--children designated "half castes" by the Australian government and taken from their families in 1931.

But rarely have the stakes of such a journey been higher than in "Rabbit-Proof Fence," Phillip Noyce's searing dramatization of a story of remarkable courage, stamina and spirit.

Led by Molly (Everlyn Sampi), the oldest of the children and the real-life source for the story, they decide to go home, traveling hundreds of miles along a sprawling rabbit-proof fence, another ...

There’s a touch of magic to the way the rabbit-proof fence becomes their guideway back home. But their journey to Jigalong dramatizes the awfulness of Neville’s policies every step of the way.

Editor's note:> Reprinted from Nov. 15 coverage of the Cine-World Film Festival. Between the turn of the 20th century and the early 1970s, some 30,000 "half-caste" children -- white fathers, Aborig… ...

Phillip Noyce's Rabbit-Proof Fence is back in the news for its representation of the forced removal of Indigenous children from their families. It is a familiar criticism – it was first raised ...

Rabbit-Proof Fence An incredible but true Depression-era story about a 1,200 mile trek by three little aboriginal girls across rugged Aussie terrain is brought to the screen in "Rabbit-Proof Fence ...