In 2002 she starred in a classic Australian film. In a rare – and shocking – interview, the actor explains what happened next
Rabbit-Proof Fence was the film that brought one of the most shameful episodes in Australia's history to the attention of the world. "Not since the last shots of Schindler's List have I been so overcome with the realisation that real people, in recent historical times, had to undergo such inhumanity," wrote the late, revered American film writer Roger Ebert of the acclaimed picture.
At its centre was a single performance by an 11-year-old Aboriginal girl, an untrained actor from the Kimberley. Everlyn Sampi played Molly Craig, who was mercilessly stolen from her mother in 1931 and removed to a mission. Craig escaped with her sister and cousin following the fence, which bisected Australia, for 2,400km, to return home.
Critics lauded her. "Sampi rarely faces the camera; her gaze eludes us, but...
Rabbit-Proof Fence was the film that brought one of the most shameful episodes in Australia's history to the attention of the world. "Not since the last shots of Schindler's List have I been so overcome with the realisation that real people, in recent historical times, had to undergo such inhumanity," wrote the late, revered American film writer Roger Ebert of the acclaimed picture.
At its centre was a single performance by an 11-year-old Aboriginal girl, an untrained actor from the Kimberley. Everlyn Sampi played Molly Craig, who was mercilessly stolen from her mother in 1931 and removed to a mission. Craig escaped with her sister and cousin following the fence, which bisected Australia, for 2,400km, to return home.
Critics lauded her. "Sampi rarely faces the camera; her gaze eludes us, but...
- 6/19/2013
- by Oliver Laughland
- The Guardian - Film News
In 2002 she starred in a classic Australian film. In a rare – and shocking – interview, the actor explains what happened next
Rabbit-Proof Fence was the film that brought one of the most shameful episodes in Australia's history to the attention of the world. "Not since the last shots of Schindler's List have I been so overcome with the realisation that real people, in recent historical times, had to undergo such inhumanity," wrote the late, revered American film writer Roger Ebert of the acclaimed picture.
At its centre was a single performance by an 11-year-old Aboriginal girl, an untrained actor from the Kimberley. Everlyn Sampi played Molly Craig, who was mercilessly stolen from her mother in 1931 and removed to a mission. Craig escaped with her sister and cousin following the fence, which bisected Australia, for 2,400km, to return home.
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Rabbit-Proof Fence was the film that brought one of the most shameful episodes in Australia's history to the attention of the world. "Not since the last shots of Schindler's List have I been so overcome with the realisation that real people, in recent historical times, had to undergo such inhumanity," wrote the late, revered American film writer Roger Ebert of the acclaimed picture.
At its centre was a single performance by an 11-year-old Aboriginal girl, an untrained actor from the Kimberley. Everlyn Sampi played Molly Craig, who was mercilessly stolen from her mother in 1931 and removed to a mission. Craig escaped with her sister and cousin following the fence, which bisected Australia, for 2,400km, to return home.
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- 6/17/2013
- by Oliver Laughland
- The Guardian - Film News
Gun control advocates are demanding a crackdown, but sellers say the system works. Eve Conant and Molly Kelly-Yahner visit an Az gun store to find out how easy it is to get armed.
As funerals of the victims of the Tucson massacre were underway nearby, it was business as usual at a Tucson gun shop, its walls covered with hunting trophies and "long guns," its glass cases packed with handguns; Glocks, Smith & Wessons, and Springfield Armory brands the most popular. Customers milled about and were greeted by friendly clerks, mostly avid hunters and firearms connoisseurs. Pundits and lawmakers may be talking about a gun culture gone mad. But in this store, the sellers see themselves as nothing more than guys trying to run a responsible and legal business in a tough economy-one based firmly on our constitutional rights. Passions are running hot. To those who desperately want to see stricter gun control,...
As funerals of the victims of the Tucson massacre were underway nearby, it was business as usual at a Tucson gun shop, its walls covered with hunting trophies and "long guns," its glass cases packed with handguns; Glocks, Smith & Wessons, and Springfield Armory brands the most popular. Customers milled about and were greeted by friendly clerks, mostly avid hunters and firearms connoisseurs. Pundits and lawmakers may be talking about a gun culture gone mad. But in this store, the sellers see themselves as nothing more than guys trying to run a responsible and legal business in a tough economy-one based firmly on our constitutional rights. Passions are running hot. To those who desperately want to see stricter gun control,...
- 1/16/2011
- by Eve Conant & Molly Kelly-Yahner
- The Daily Beast
As politicians across the spectrum weigh in on the Arizona shooting, the state's senior senator has been surprisingly silent. Eve Conant on McCain's low profile-and the calculus behind it.
Barack Obama jump-started his presidency. The local sheriff became a national figure overnight. And Sarah Palin once again rallied her base while enraging everybody else. Politicians all over the country have been speaking out to great effect-positive and negative-about the Arizona shootings and the toll they've taken. But one normally voluble elected official has been conspicuously quiet amid the din. After releasing a powerful statement branding Jared Lee Loughner a "disgrace to Arizona, this country and the human race," the state's senior senator has gone radio silent. You have to wonder: Where the heck is John McCain?
The decision by Arizona's best-known statesman, whose own style of speech has grown increasingly heated in recent years, to stay out of the fray...
Barack Obama jump-started his presidency. The local sheriff became a national figure overnight. And Sarah Palin once again rallied her base while enraging everybody else. Politicians all over the country have been speaking out to great effect-positive and negative-about the Arizona shootings and the toll they've taken. But one normally voluble elected official has been conspicuously quiet amid the din. After releasing a powerful statement branding Jared Lee Loughner a "disgrace to Arizona, this country and the human race," the state's senior senator has gone radio silent. You have to wonder: Where the heck is John McCain?
The decision by Arizona's best-known statesman, whose own style of speech has grown increasingly heated in recent years, to stay out of the fray...
- 1/14/2011
- by Eve Conant
- The Daily Beast
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