Rabbit proof fence
In the 1930’s the Australian government had a law that gave them the right to take children with half aboriginal and half white origins away from their family and home. These children were sent to a boarding school so they could learn the right way of living. The government wanted to wash away the children backgrounds from the wild. The name of the school, Moore River, wanted to avoid an unwanted third race.
It was also made a film about this dark history in Australia. Rabbit-proof Fence. The movie is based on the true story of Molly, her little sisters, Daisy and their cousin, Gracie. They are the main characters and we have the opportunity to see their long journey from their home, the Moore River and the long way home after they flew. Molly was the biggest one of them and therefor the leader. She knew the way and tried to hold the spirit up.
Mr Neville was the bad guy in this movie although he thought he was doing the right thing whit these children. Wen he found out that the three children had escape from the school he send the police after them and wouldn’t stop until they were found again. He had the logic that if these children married a white person the next generation of children would have more white blood. That would lead to the end of the third unwanted race.
This movie touched me in a way with anger. How could people think like that, and what was the problem with another “race”. It is time to face that people are people and no one are born equal.
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