The UK branch of Studio Canal (formerly Optimum Home Entertainment) has revealed that it will release on Blu-ray Australian director Phillip Noyce's Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002), starring Everlyn Sampi, Tianna Sansbury, Laura Monaghan, David Gulpilil, and Kenneth Branagh. Street date is March 26th.
At a time when it was Australian government policy to train aboriginal children as domestic workers and integrate them into white society, young Molly Craig 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 along the rabbit-proof fence that bisects the continent and will lead them home.
Featuring a powerful score by Peter Gabriel, Rabbit-Proof Fence is a winner of three Australian Film Institute Awards, including Best Film and Best Original Music Score.