Rabbit Proof Fence Film Analysis
Egalitarianism in Australian Films
Hello and welcome to this Year’s Brisbane Australian Film festival. I would just like to say it is an honour to be speaking to you all today. the theme of this year’s program was erected to illustrate equality in our films and consequently in the Australian way of life. In film, one can view a distinctively Australian aspect on equality, as many key characters reject the idea of a social caste system. The Castle, Rabbit Proof Fence and the Kelly gang all prominently display the Australian aspect of egalitarianism, by ignoring or rebelling against unfair laws and boundaries set by social class structuring.
In The Castle, Darryl Kerrigan, a middle-class tow truck driver who opposes the laws that enable the government to take his property for industrial use. As Steven Holden said “A Man’s home is his you-know-what, even if that home is only a …show more content…
in this scene, the subject girls are not excluded by their community until the police arrive to take away the children, this demonstrates the aspect of belonging in the Aboriginal community as they are excepted by their black relatives. the kidnapping of Molly, Daisy and Grace who are taken away from their mothers to be integrated into white man’s society since they are half-caste children and considered to be owned by the state. Within the first couple of days, the main cohort refuse to abide by the discriminating law by escaping the institution and running from the law. This longshot frame (30:27) in the movie shows the girls dashing into the bush while the camera trucks to the left of the scene. The girls later try to steal some eggs from a farmer who catches them and instead of scorning the girls for their thievery, the farmer’s wife doesn’t acknowledge them as half castes, but girls, she supplies them each with a coat and some food and sent them to the fence they were looking
Hello and welcome to this Year’s Brisbane Australian Film festival. I would just like to say it is an honour to be speaking to you all today. the theme of this year’s program was erected to illustrate equality in our films and consequently in the Australian way of life. In film, one can view a distinctively Australian aspect on equality, as many key characters reject the idea of a social caste system. The Castle, Rabbit Proof Fence and the Kelly gang all prominently display the Australian aspect of egalitarianism, by ignoring or rebelling against unfair laws and boundaries set by social class structuring.
In The Castle, Darryl Kerrigan, a middle-class tow truck driver who opposes the laws that enable the government to take his property for industrial use. As Steven Holden said “A Man’s home is his you-know-what, even if that home is only a …show more content…
in this scene, the subject girls are not excluded by their community until the police arrive to take away the children, this demonstrates the aspect of belonging in the Aboriginal community as they are excepted by their black relatives. the kidnapping of Molly, Daisy and Grace who are taken away from their mothers to be integrated into white man’s society since they are half-caste children and considered to be owned by the state. Within the first couple of days, the main cohort refuse to abide by the discriminating law by escaping the institution and running from the law. This longshot frame (30:27) in the movie shows the girls dashing into the bush while the camera trucks to the left of the scene. The girls later try to steal some eggs from a farmer who catches them and instead of scorning the girls for their thievery, the farmer’s wife doesn’t acknowledge them as half castes, but girls, she supplies them each with a coat and some food and sent them to the fence they were looking