Watching the film "Rabbit-Proof Fence" directed by Phillip Noyce, before reading the play No Sugar by Jack Davis, strengthened my understanding of the Assimilation Policy, Aboriginal culture, the unfair treatment of Aboriginals by the white citizens and white supremacy and control over Aboriginals. I believe that if I hadn't seen the film before reading the stage drama, I wouldn't have developed an adequate understanding of Aboriginals, or had such a sympathetic reaction to the Millimurra family in No Sugar. …
