Three Fascinating Movies
Rabbit Proof Fence, Whale Rider, The Suitor are three beautiful movies. They are PG/PG-13 movies with strong women dealing with their sense of identity and how it reflects on the identities of their family and culture.

Rabbit Proof Fence is a must watch film for its important history and true story of three aboriginal girls separated from their families. It illustrates the story of the abuse of aboriginals in Australia during the 1930's. I didn't know what to expect from a moved named Rabbit Proof Fence but I was moved.

Whale Rider centers around Paikea, a Maori girl, and the dissolutioned Whangara people of New Zealand. The roles were well casted with Keisha Castle Hughes as Paikea and Rawiri Paratene as Koro (Paikea's grandfather).

The Suitor is about Yolanda Garcia and her return to her childhood home in the Dominican Republic. Accompanying her is Dexter, her Caucasian boyfriend from New York. The focus is not so much on moving a plot as showing the fascinating culture and people of Yolanda's life in Santo Domingo. In that light, I felt the movie ended prematurely.