The Age
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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In My Blood it Runs
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)
Less2019Rating: PG, Mild themes85 minsAustraliaAboriginal and English with English subtitles
DocumentaryFestival & Independent
- Director:
- Maya Newell ('Gayby Baby', 'I Want to Be an American', 'Richard')
In My Blood it Runs | Reviews
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.
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The Guardian
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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FilmInk
… 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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In My Blood it Runs is available to stream in Australia now on Netflix and Google Play and Apple TV and Beamafilm.