Cultural Collision In Rabbit Proof Fence

How does Rabbit Proof Fence portray Cultural Collision?

Throughout a lot of research, the conclusion that I have come to, seems that the rabbit proof fence surpassed Yolngu boy in, presenting Cultural Collision, this was reached by showing what life was like for Aboriginal kids back in around 1930 and how the White Culture effected their lives. The part about this film that stood out to me was the fact it was based on a true story where 3 young girls, Molly 14 years old, Daisy 8 years old and their cousin Gracie 10 years old. These kids embarked on a massive journey across WA, it was around a 1000-mile-long walk they did and took about a month. The director of this move Phillip Noyce is a well-renowned Director/producer and has shot many films a few years ago. Another film his produce is the resident which is a well know Tv show, he was the executive producer for 37 episodes. Doing this movie was going to be a challenge and Phillip Noyce knew that, but the way he produced this is incredible. He got amazing actors for this and hit the target of Cultural Collision.

Since Molly, Daisy and their cousin Gracie were all “mixed breed” kids they were forced to be put under the jurisdiction of the Aboriginal Protection Act, which from research online some people actually called it the Aboriginal Genocide act (Since the plan was to breed them out of there culture, some say it was the same as killing them all) The 3 girls in the film were just young Aboriginal girls who could only speak a little bit of English and the main language in WA at that time Martu Wangk, the girls end up being taken from their home in Jigalong and sent to a place where they are basically stripped of all aborigine culture and are forced to be white, The plan that was made by the head of protecting aboriginals was to breed them into white culture by taking the aborigine out of them. These kids’ culture would seriously collide with the kids, they were put into school where they had to be white since the whites back then called them ‘primitive’.

The Rabbit Proof Fence could be the only feature film that presents assimilation. It associates 3 young girls who walk around 1000-miles from a state school ran by the government they walk along a fence around 1000 miles called “the rabbit proof fence” originally made to keep rabbits and other animals out.