In 1931, three biracial girls were removed from their Aboriginal families by the Australian government as part of a program meant to “civilize” them. Escaping from their captors, the children walked more than 1,200 miles back to their home, mostly by following an endless fence meant to keep rabbits out of farmland. Director Phillip Noyce wisely films the tale without much intrusion, content to use the fence itself as an ironic visual motif.
