IN MY BLOOD IT RUNS
Directed by Maya Newell
Synopsis
Ten-year-old Dujuan is a child-healer, a good hunter and speaks three languages. As he shares his wisdom of history and the complex world around him we see his spark and intelligence.
Yet Dujuan is ‘failing’ in school and facing increasing scrutiny from welfare and the police. As he travels perilously close to incarceration, his family fight to give him a strong Arrernte education alongside his western education lest he becomes another statistic.
We walk with him as he grapples with these pressures, shares his truths and somewhere in-between finds space to dream, imagine and hope for his future self.
“Quietly masterful”
Guardian
On Demand from 28 October
Watch Professor William ‘Lez’ Henry in discussion with In My Blood It Runs director Maya Newell, film advisor and Arrernte Elder, William Tilmouth and producer Larissa Behrendt, Academic & Indigenous Rights Advocate.
