In 1931, three Aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff, and set off on a trek across the Outback.
Acting
Three untrained young leads carrying the entire film.
Cinematography
Vast, indifferent landscapes that mirror systemic cruelty.
Direction
Noyce trusts silence over melodrama — devastatingly effective.
Director
Phillip Noyce
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film sparked national reckoning in Australia; Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's 2008 apology to Stolen Generations directly cited its impact.
The real Molly Craig appears briefly in the film as her own adult self — she died in 1983, but her daughter Doris Pilkington wrote the source novel.
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What's fucked up is that Neville actually believed he was doing the right thing.
@Serenity113 39
It’s crazy how these women looking out for the children dressed up like nuns thinking this is the Christian thing to do
@tamyaevans1631 34
Thanks so much! I used this to write a paper for my media studies class.
@abbydekker678 8
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