Come to the Movies

You are invited to come to the movies in the Library for the second in our series of four fine films!

The film, RABBIT-PROOF FENCE, will be shown on Tuesday, February 27, at 6:00 p.m., in the Library classroom, 2nd floor. Dr. Barbara Cook, Assistant Professor of English, will introduce the film and moderate a question and answer session afterwards.

RABBIT-PROOF FENCE is based on a true story that took place in 1931, at a time when it was Australian government policy to remove aboriginal children from their homes and place them in camps. There they would be trained as domestic workers for later employment in white Australian society. This is the story of young Molly Craig who decides to lead her little sister and cousin in a daring escape from their internment camp. Molly and the girls, part of what would become known as Australia's "Stolen Generations," must then elude the authorities on a dangerous 1,500-mile adventure across the Australian outback and along the rabbit-proof fence that bisects the continent and will lead them home.
(Film description adapted from the producer, Miramax Home Entertainment)

A reviewer on Amazon.com says that, "the film is a lesson in inspiration and courage as well as a geography and history lesson about Australia."

Additional films in the series are:

OSAMA, Tuesday, March 27

MOTORCYCLE DIARIES, Tuesday, April 24.

E-mail reminders will be sent before each of these events. We are looking forward to these opportunities to provide you with quality educational entertainment.