Sonic Assimilation: Exotic Soundscapes in Rabbit-Proof Fence

The representation of Indigenous Australians in our national cinema has a long and chequered past, with many instances of spurious stereotyping and inauthenticity. Johnny Milner weighs in on this debate by looking at how Aboriginality is conveyed through sound and score in this 2002 film by Phillip Noyce.

Additional keywords: Aboriginal, representation, politics, exoticism, colonialism, the other, othering, landscape, assimilation.