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Creator: Lou Glover

Issue Details: First known date: 2002... 2002 Doris Pilkington

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The author of the book Follow the Rabbit Proof Fence (1994), which was adapted for the screen in 2002, talks about the experiences of her mother, a half-caste child escapee from the Moore River native settlement, her own childhood, experiences, work, and philosophy of life.

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Director: Lou Glover

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Publisher: ABC Television

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Link: U9133Full text resource - Culture and Communication Reading Room Message Stick website - ABC TV (sighted 24/02/10)

Extent: 25 min.; colourp.

Series: form y Message Stick ABC Television (publisher), Australia : ABC Television , Z1569327 1999 series - publisher film/TV Abstract
Produced by the ABC Indigenous Programs Unit, Message Stick is a half hour TV program about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander lifestyles, culture and issues. It features profile stories, interviews, video clips, short films and cooking segments and provides a slot where indigenous Australians can tell their stories in their own way. The program delivers articulate, contemporary human stories from around the country and features engaging, inspirational local characters, and allows intimate access to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander lifestyles, perspectives and aspirations.