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Peter Gabriel – Ngankarrparni (Sky Blue) – The Rabbit-Proof Fence Rabbit-Proof Fence is the true story of Molly Craig, who, in 1931, at 14, was taken from her mother in Jigalong, a depot on one of the fences that were being constructed across the continent in an attempt to keep marauding rabbits from destroying the western farmlands. Along with her half-sister Daisy, 8, and cousin Gracie Fields, she was taken to the Moore River Native Settlement in Western Australia. “I would not hesitate to separate any half-caste from its aboriginal mother, no matter how frantic momentary grief might be at the time,” wrote one “protector”. “They soon forget their offspring,” He maintained it was just like removing a pup from a bitch. The film would show the terrified children sprinting across stony wasteland in a futile attempt to escape the police, distraught mothers wailing in the dust, and an aged granny battering her head with a stone in impotent frustration. It would show the girls in a cage as they are transported by train to their new home and a culture of flogging and solitary confinement for those who failed to appreciate what the white man was doing for them. One day, when the coming rainstorm would hide their tracks, Molly, Daisy and Gracie set off for home, traipsing across the desert, scavenging from farmers and aborigine hunters, cooking what little meat they could obtain over an open fire, close to collapse with hunger, heat and exhaustion. For long parts of the journey …
Short Making of … “Long Walk Home – The Rabbit Proof-Fence” [2002] – with german subtitles Music “Cloudless” by Peter Gabriel from the Soundtrack “Long Walk Home – The Rabbit Proof-Fence”. Narrated by Kenneth Branagh.
A tribute video using stills from the movie, set to Peter Gabriel’s beautiful piece “Gracie’s Recapture”, which can be found on his album LONG WALK HOME. Note: this my first video ever, so I hope I’ll improve. I’m pretty happy with the editing, but I’d like to experiment with actual video clips next time.
This is my second tribute to RPF – this one features actual video, not just clips The music is called “The Return”, by Peter Gabriel and is featured on the soundtrack entitled Long Walk Home. Enjoy!