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In Rabbit Proof Fence, it tells of tragic and untold stories of the пÑ--Ð...stolen generationпÑ--Ð..., the estimated 30,000 Aboriginal children forcibly removed from their parents by Australian authorities between 1900 and the late 1960s. The film takes place in 1931 at Jigalong, an Aboriginal settlement on the edge of the Little Sandy Desert in northwest Australia. The children taken were relocated to Moore River Native Settlement near Perth. This film has a very strong meaning, very heartfelt, but disturbing at times. In

Rabbit Proof Fence I would like to talk about the way the film was made and the struggle

In the film it had a lot of scenes that jumped from one scпÑ--Ð...ne to another, for instances you would see the main characters Molly, Daisy and Gracie in the desert sitting by a fence thinking they should go back to Gracie, and then you see then at the train station running across the tracks, hiding behind a rock watching Gracie get taken away.

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The film was documentary; it showed what really happened to the Aboriginal children and tells you why they are called the stolen generation. I liked the film I would recommend to others to watch, it made me love my children even more, knowing that I live in a country where we have choices. Anyone caught contravening mission rules or attempting to escape are placed in solitary and beaten. How can one man think he can take all the children, away from their parents just because they are half caste? It should not matter what color of skin you may have or the country you live, or who your parents are even. The music that was played in the background was very quiet, and sometimes a scene in the film had no background music very quiet and still, but some of the scenes in the film, the music gave it a more powerful meaning, a sense of will and strength that the girls can make the journey home to their mother.

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