Synopsis
Rabbit-Proof Fence
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Published by Currency Press
In 1931 the authorities seized 14-year-old Molly Craig from her desert home in Jigalong with her younger sister Daisy and cousin Gracie
Official policy decreed that the three girls be taken to Moore River Native Settlement where, dispossessed of their Aboriginal family and culture, they were to be trained as domestic servants
Their trauma intensified by Moore River's harsh regime, after only a few days Molly decided it was time to go home, to their mothers
And the only way home was to walk
Based on Doris Pilkington (Nugi Garimara)'s Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence, Christine Olsen's breakthrough screenplay chronicles the true story of the girls' intrepid journey back to Jigalong, 1600 kilometres away