En famille, we watched Rabbit Proof
Fence this evening. A fine film, set in the 1930s, about three half caste
Aboriginal children taken from their home in a remote part of Western Australia
to a 'school' of sorts which, echoing national policy, would 're-educate and
civilize' them. They escaped - two sisters aged 14 & 8 and their
cousin, 10 - and walked 1200 miles home, through desert and scrub, eluding both
the police and an experienced tracker. It's based on a true story and right at the
end of the film we see the real two sisters in old age, wearing incongruous
floral dresses. The elder sister's daughter wrote the book that the film was
based on. What's more, the same thing happened to her! Amazing
performances from the three children, plus (fairly unnoticeable) music from
Peter Gabriel.
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