Backbencher

Rabbit Proof Fence is a film about the journey three mixed aboriginal girls (Molly, Gracie, Daisy) make after escaping from Moore River Native Settlement. The girls were in the settlement because they were taken from their homes in order to be taught the ways of the white man. Whites also wanted to end the half caste race. He wanted to get rid of the generation of children with white fathers and Aborigine mothers. One day, the girls decide to escape from the camp and find their way back home. They wanted to go back to their mothers in their home of Jigalong. They use the rabbit proof fence stretching across the country as a guide. A tracker is sent to find the girls as soon as it is known that they escaped. Along the way, the girls are helped by some settlers. I think it's interesting that the people who helped the girls were white and their tracker was an Aborigine.
I think this movie illustrates an important part of Australia's history. It shows some of the terrible things that Aborigines had to go through. After watching this, I would like to know more about the "stolen generation." I also think that I want to read the book. I liked the movie, and usually the book is more detailed. Sometimes movies tend to be historically inaccurate in order to be more cinematic, so I think reading the book would add more to my knowledge of the "stolen generation."