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Rabbit-Proof Fence is a 2002 Australian epic drama film directed and produced by Phillip Noyce. It was based on the 1996 book Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington Garimara , an Aboriginal Australian author.
The Desperate Hour is a 2021 thriller film directed by Phillip Noyce and written by Chris Sparling.It stars Naomi Watts as a woman who is desperately racing to save her child after police place her hometown on lockdown due to an active shooter incident.
Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence is an Australian book by Doris Pilkington, published in 1996.Based on a true story, the book is a personal account of an Indigenous Australian family of three young girls: Molly (the author's mother), Daisy (Molly's half-sister), and Gracie (their cousin), who experience discrimination due to having a white father.
The rabbit-proof fence is a pest-exclusion fence constructed between 1901 and 1907 to keep rabbits and other agricultural pests, from the east, out of Western Australian pastoral areas. [ 5 ] In the first part of the 20th century, children of mixed Indigenous and white parentage were frequently removed from their families and placed in ...
Natasha Wanganeen (born 20 June 1984) is an Aboriginal Australian actress. She is known for her starring role in the 2002 feature film Rabbit-Proof Fence, aged 15, and numerous television roles.
Phillip Roger Noyce AO (born 29 April 1950) is an Australian film and television director. Since 1977, he has directed over 19 feature films in various genres, including historical drama (Newsfront, Rabbit-Proof Fence, The Quiet American); thrillers (Dead Calm, Sliver, The Bone Collector); and action films (Blind Fury, The Saint, Salt).
The nominations were announced on 19 October 2002. Leading the feature film nominees was Rabbit-Proof Fence with a total of ten nominations. [1] All four of the Best Film nominees featured Indigenous subjects. [2]
David Dhalatnghu Gulpilil AM (1 July 1953 – 29 November 2021) was an Australian actor and dancer. He was known for his roles in the films Walkabout (1971), Storm Boy (1976), The Last Wave (1977), Crocodile Dundee (1986), Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002), The Tracker (2002), and Australia (2008).