Everlyn Sampi
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Jan 31, 2003 · Rabbit-Proof Fence: Directed by Phillip Noyce. With Everlyn Sampi, Tianna Sansbury, Laura Monaghan, David Gulpilil. In 1931, three half-white, half-Aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their houses to be trained as domestic staff, and set off on a journey across the Outback.
- (30K)
- Adventure, Biography, Drama
- Phillip Noyce
- 2003-01-31
A film based on a true story of three aboriginal girls who escape from a government school and walk 1,500 miles across the outback. Roger Ebert praises the film's beauty, harrowing and heartbreaking scenes, and the final revelation of the historical injustice.
The State Barrier Fence of Western Australia, [1] formerly known as the Rabbit-Proof Fence, the State Vermin Fence, and the Emu Fence, is a pest-exclusion fence constructed between 1901 and 1907 to keep rabbits, and other agricultural pests from the east, out of Western Australian pastoral areas.
They make a daring escape and embark on an epic 1,500 mile journey to get back home - following the rabbit-proof fence that bisects the Australian continent - with the authorities in...
- (145)
- Phillip Noyce
- PG
- Everlyn Sampi
A film based on a true story of three Aboriginal girls who escaped from a government camp and walked across the Outback to their home in 1931. They faced racism, hardship, and danger along the way, while being pursued by a white officer and a tracker.
Based on a true story, the book is a personal account of an Indigenous Australian family's experiences as members of the Stolen Generation —the forced removal of mixed-race children from their families during the early 20th century.
Jun 29, 2018 · Daisy Kadibil was one of the three girls who fled an assimilation camp in 1931 and walked across the desert to reunite with their family. Her story inspired the 2002 film 'Rabbit-Proof Fence', which raised awareness of the 'Stolen Generations' of indigenous children.
