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The true story of three Aboriginal girls, sisters Molly and Daisy and their cousin Gracie, who had white fathers - long departed - and are being brought up by their mothers and grandmother in the remote community of Jigalong. When A.O. Neville, a Western Australian bureaucrat in charge of the Aborigines, demands that the girls be taken from their families and transported to a special facility for half-caste children, the girls decide to escape. So begins their 1,200 mile journey across Australia.

©2002 Australian Film Finance Corporation Limited/The Premium Movie Partnership/South Australian Film Corporation/Jabal Films Pty Ltd HanWay and Australian Film Finance Corporation present a Rumbalara Films Olsen Levy production in association with Showtime Australia [end] Developed in association with the Australian Film Commission Developed with the assistance of Screenwest and the Lotteries Commission of Western Australia Produced with the assistance of and finance from the South Australian Film Corporation In association with the Premium Movie Partnership for Showtime Australia Financed with the assistance of Australian Film Finance Corporation Dolby Digital/DTS In Colour Filmed in Panavision [2.35:1] Based on book Follow the Rabbit-proof Fence international sales: HanWay, London