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Documentary portrait of a 10-year-old Australian Aboriginal boy who is a child healer and speaker of three languages, yet is...
Documentary portrait of a 10-year-old Australian Aboriginal boy who is a child healer and speaker of three languages, yet is failing in school.
"As he faces increasing scrutiny from welfare and police, his family battle to keep him safe, grounded in language, culture and identity – the only solution they know works." (Sydney Film Festival)
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Dujuan is a charismatic 10-year-old Arrernte/Garrwa healer - but he still has to get through the school system, in this uncommonly graceful and empathetic doco.
100 %11 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
71 %7 reviewsAudience score rating
13+Age suitabilityChildren & Media rating
"Expressed in these straightforward terms, the message is hard to brush off... However you feel about these tactics this is an effective film and, in its commitment to its subjects, an honorable one."
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The Age
The Age"In My Blood It Runs is Newell's best film yet. It feels like a turning point: the director's aesthetic choices reflecting the contents of her subject's character in different and exciting ways."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"… makes an empathetic and hearty argument for the culture of the Arrernte people, and all other First Peoples, to be acknowledged and not forgotten."
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FilmInk
FilmInkIn My Blood it Runs | Details
- Rating
- Exempt,
- Runtime
- 85
- Genre
- Documentary
- Country of origin
- Australia
