In My Blood It Runs

The powerful and important doco about 10-yr-old Arrernte Aboriginal boy Dujuan as he grows up in Alice Springs

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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.

Watch the special on ABC's iview here. Available to watch online until 4 August 2020.

For more information about the documentary and Dujun's address to the United Nations Human Rights Council and the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child please visit the documentary website here.

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