In My Blood it Runs
Shows us that colonialism is not just a painful legacy to grapple with, but an ongoing process necessitating resistance.
In My Blood it Runs
Ten-year-old Dujuan is a child-healer, a good hunter, speaks two Indigenous languages, but is 'failing' in school. With little space in the western system for Dujuan's language and culture his grandmother Carol is fighting a loving battle to give him a strong Arrernte education alongside his western education lest he become another statistic in juvenile detention or the welfare system. We walk with him as he grapples this educational schism and somewhere in-between finds a space to dream, imagine and hope for his future self. With the guidance of Arrernte Elders our shared vision is that it will not reiterate the ignorance or the statistics of injustice, abuse and neglect we so often see when we turn on the news, but will creatively accentuate the strengths, the insights of Dujuan, his family, his community and through their story, First Nations families everywhere.
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Runtime
85
Language
English
Director
Maya Newell
FEATURED REVIEW
Brett Pardy, Seventh Row
Dujuan is a 10-year-old Arrernte who lives in Mparntwe, Australia. He is wise beyond his years, speaks three languages, and has a deep curiosity about Arrernte history, knowledge, and medicine. He sounds like he should be the ideal student. Instead, in In My Blood It Runs, he faces school detentions ...
Played at
Laemmle Virtual Cinema 6.12.20 - 6.25.20
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