Rabbit-Proof Fence 4K 2002

The film transports viewers back to 1931, to a distant and exotic land—Western Australia—and tells the shocking but little-known story of this country's history. From the end of the 18th century, when England began to colonize Australia, the indigenous population of the Fifth Continent fought desperately against the overseas invaders to defend their right to live on their native land. In this unequal confrontation, the colonizers used the most brutal methods, destroying entire tribes and turning the Aborigines into slaves. One of the most egregious manifestations of mass genocide was the Aboriginal Act, which regulated all aspects of the lives of the local population, who were herded into reservations. Despite assurances from the colonial authorities that it was adopted for the benefit of the indigenous people, this Act actually cemented the oppressed position of the local natives, who were deprived of the opportunity to control their own destiny. One of the provisions of the Act stated that the authorities had the right to remove half-breed children from Aboriginal families and send them to special boarding schools, where they would receive a good European education. In reality, however, the children were turned into powerless servants of rich white masters. The film uses a specific example to show what this “humane” decree led to. The film tells the true story of three little girls from the Jigalong tribe, who lived on a reservation in Western Australia and experienced the effects of the Aboriginal Act firsthand.