Rabbit Proof Fence
In Rabbit Proof Fence, it tells of tragic and untold stories of the "stolen generation", 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 scene 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.
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. There are many heartwarming and disturbing scenes in this film Rabbit Proof Fence. I think no one should have that right to decide whether your child should stay with you or not. Their was a lot of difference in the music in this film, had a lot of scenes where you could hear the girls walking on the rocks and in the water, very clear and real. The film had very good scenery, showed the desert, had very good visual effects. Rabbit Proof Fence is a very good film I think, it had good acting, and a sense of hope that one day the Aboriginal children will be free to live with their parents. The portrayal of life at the settlement in Moore River where the half caste children are taken to, away from their parents. Those poor girls in that film really made you feel their pain, but I think they should have got to talk more, had more parts so you could hear what they had to say, not see it. There was also up close shots of the girls faces were you could see their emotions, and see how the journey home was affecting them emotional and physically. This film has a lot of scenes that are very heartwarming, but yet a lot of scenes that are very disturbing to someone.
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