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rogerebert.suntimes.com - : The most astonishing words in ''Rabbit-Proof Fence'' come right at the end, printed on the screen as a historical footnote. The policies depicted in the movie were enforced by the Australian government, we are told, until 1970. Aboriginal children of mixed race were taken by force from their mothers and raised in training schools that would prepare them for lives as factory workers or domestic servants. More than a century after slavery was abolished in the Western world, a Western democracy was still practicing racism of the most cruel description. more...
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www.cinema-scene.com - : For years, American filmmakers have been attempting to find some form of acknowledgement for the atrocities created by white supremacy and racism allowed through slavery and segregation. Maybe it's because we fought a war centered around the racist policies, or perhaps because we spent 100 years understanding the impact of slavery and, finally, moved away from the segregationist policies in the first half of the 20th century. more...
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www.boxoffice.com - : Having spent a decade in la-la land concocting a mixed bag of popcorn movies (''Patriot Games,'' ''Sliver,'' ''The Saint''), Australian director Phillip Noyce returns home with the supremely moving ''Rabbit-Proof Fence.'' This brilliantly written, Oscar-deserving feature deals with Australia's 'stolen generation'--those young, part-white Aborigines who were taken from their homes and slowly 'bred out' within white host families under the watchful eye of A.O. Neville, Chief Protector of Aborigines. more...
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