In My Blood It Runs
Documentary, Biography |
2020 |
1hr 24min
CAST: Carol Turner, Dujuan Turner, Megan Turner DIRECTOR: Maya Newell VIRTUAL SCREENING ROOM | CLOSES 8/6
CAST: Carol Turner, Dujuan Turner, Megan Turner DIRECTOR: Maya Newell VIRTUAL SCREENING ROOM | CLOSES 8/6
Meet ten-year-old Dujuan, a child-healer, a good hunter and speaks three languages, as he discovers the resilience and resistance of many generations of his people and faces the history that runs straight into him.
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.
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Colonialism is a war that began hundreds of years ago and never ended. Its modern tactics and its weapons are noted with precision in the ferocious documentary, "In My Blood It Runs."Teo Bugbee, New York Times
In My Blood It Runs sensitively gives a voice to the Indigenous Australian communities whilst engaging with the socioeconomic issues that affect their livelihoods. It's remarkable.Musanna Ahmed, Film Inquiry
