Philip Noyce’s deceptively simple tale, describing the inspirational Disneyesque homeward journey of three headstrong aboriginal children, is accompanied by a stinging assault on the rarely explored genocidal project central to Australian nationhood, and in particular the crisis of the country’s infamous “Stolen Generations”. The result, simultaneously palatable and unnerving, is a contemporary cinematic anomaly?a politically provocative piece of mainstream film-making.
DVD EXTRAS: Audio commentary, Making Of… documentary, trailer. 
(KM)
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