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Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002) More at IMDbPro »

Moodoo: This girl is clever. She wants to go home.

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Daisy Kadibill: [after Molly lifts Daisy up to a bird's nest to gather some eggs to eat] Three of them!
Molly Craig: Perfect. One for you, one for me, and one for both of us!

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[First lines]
Title Cards: Western Australia 1931
Title Cards: For 100 years the Aboriginal Peoples have resisted the invasion of their lands by white settlers.
Title Cards: Now, a special law, the Aborigines Act, controls their lives in every detail.
Title Cards: Mr. A. O. Neville, the Chief Protector of Aborigines, is the legal guardian of every Aborigine in the State of Western Australia.
Title Cards: He has the power "to remove any half-caste child" from their family, from anywhere within the state.

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[first spoken lines]
Molly Craig: [v.o., in native language] This is a true story - story of my sister Daisy, my cousin Gracie and me when we were little. Our people, the Jigalong mob, we were desert people then, walking all over our land. My mum told me about how the white people came to our country. They made a storehouse here at Jigalong - brought clothes and other things - flour, tobacco, tea. Gave them to us on ration day. We came there, made a camp nearby. They were building a long fence.

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Maud: [to Molly] See that bird? That's the spirit bird. He will always look after you.

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[Molly, Daisy and Gracie wake up their first morning at Moore River]
Nina, Dormitory Boss: [to them] What's your name? Where you from?
[they don't answer]
Nina, Dormitory Boss: You'll get used to it.

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Gracie Fields: [in native language to her cousins] New clothes!
Miss Jessop: [in English] This is your new home. We don't use that jabber here. You speak English.

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Molly Craig: [about everybody in Moore River] This people... make me sick!

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A.O. Neville: If only they would understand what we are trying to do for them

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