Study Guide for the film RABBIT-PROOF FENCE
Australia 2002, directed by Phillip Noyce
Questions for the class are organized in two categories: before viewing (bv) and after viewing (av).
A work sheet with planned activities is also attached.
Synopsis:...
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Study Guide for the film RABBIT-PROOF FENCE
Australia 2002, directed by Phillip Noyce
Questions for the class are organized in two categories: before viewing (bv) and after viewing (av).
A work sheet with planned activities is also attached.
Synopsis:
Directed by Phillip Noyce, Rabbit-Proof Fence is a feature film based on a true story. Set in the world
of Western Australia in 1931, the film centres on three little Aborigine girls - 14 year old Molly (played by
Everlyn Sampi), her 8 year old sister Daisy (Tianna Sansbury), their 12 year old cousin Gracie (Laura
Monaghan) - and their autocratic adversary, Mr. A.O. Neville (Kenneth Branagh), Chief Protector of
Aborigines in Western Australia and therefore their legal guardian. The film tells the story of how these
three little girls were one day taken away from their families by order of Neville, and brought to the Moore
River Native Settlement 1,200 miles away, where they were to be trained as domestic servants or farm
labourers. The th
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