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{{short description|2002 Australian film by Phillip Noyce}}
{{other uses|Rabbit-proof fence (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}}
{{Use Australian English|date=May 2011}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Rabbit-Proof Fence
| image          = Rabbit-Proof Fence movie poster.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Phillip Noyce]]
| producer       = Phillip Noyce<br />Christine Olsen<br />[[John Winter (producer)|John Winter]]
| screenplay     = Christine Olsen
| based_on       = {{Based on|''[[Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence]]''|[[Doris Pilkington Garimara]]}}
| starring       = [[Everlyn Sampi]]<br />Tianna Sansbury<br />Laura Monaghan<br />[[David Gulpilil]]<br />[[Kenneth Branagh]]
| music          = [[Peter Gabriel]]
| cinematography = [[Christopher Doyle]]
| editing        = [[Veronika Jenet]]<br />John Scott
| studio         = [[Australian Film Finance Corporation]]<br>Rumbalara Films<br />Olsen Levy<br />[[Showtime Australia]]
| distributor    = [[Becker Group|Becker Films]] (Australia)<br>[[HanWay Films]] (Overseas)
| released       = {{Film date|2002|02|04}}
| runtime        = 93 minutes<!-- Theatrical runtime: 93:30 --><ref>{{cite web|title=''Rabbit-Proof Fence'' (PG)|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/AFF178221/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308085050/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/AFF178221/|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 March 2012|work=[[British Board of Film Classification]]|date=24 July 2002|access-date=2 January 2012}}</ref>
| country        = Australia
| language       = [[Walmajarri language|Walmajarri]]<br />English
| budget         = [[United States dollar|USD$]]6 million
| gross          = USD$16.2 million
}}
'''''Rabbit-Proof Fence''''' is a 2002 Australian [[Epic film|epic]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed and produced by [[Phillip Noyce]]. It was based on the 1996 book ''[[Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence]]'' by [[Doris Pilkington Garimara]], an [[Aboriginal Australian]] author. It is loosely based on the author's mother [[Molly Craig]], aunt [[Daisy Kadibil]], and cousin Gracie, who escaped from the [[Moore River Native Settlement]], north of [[Perth]], Western Australia, to return to their Aboriginal families. They had been removed from their families and placed there in 1931.

The film follows the Aboriginal girls as they walk for nine weeks along {{cvt|1,600|km}} of the Australian [[rabbit-proof fence]] to return to their community at [[Jigalong Community, Western Australia|Jigalong]]. They were pursued by white law enforcement officials and an [[Aboriginal tracker]].<ref name = "film">{{cite web |title= Rabbit-Proof Fence Title Details |publisher= National Film and Sound Archive |url= http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=Number%3A507777%20Media%3A%22FILM%22;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 |access-date=28 July 2007}}</ref> The film explores the official child removal policy that existed in Australia between approximately 1905 and 1967. Its victims, who were taken from their families, now are called the "[[Stolen Generations]]".

The [[soundtrack]] to the film, called ''[[Long Walk Home: Music from the Rabbit-Proof Fence]]'', is by English singer and songwriter [[Peter Gabriel]]. British producer [[Jeremy Thomas]], who has a long connection with Australia, was executive producer of the film. He sold it internationally through his company [[HanWay Films]]. In 2005 the [[British Film Institute]] included this film in the BFI list of the "50 films one should see by the age of 14."