In My Blood It Runs is a compelling, rare insight into the
world of 10-year-old child, Dujuan, who has been passed on a gift
from his grandfather as a Traditional Healer. We walk with him as he
begins to travel the school-to-prison pipeline paved by so many
Indigenous kids before him and his family’s battle to keep him
alive.
Biography:
Maya Newell is an Australian filmmaker with a focus on social
impact documentaries. She has directed award-winning short
documentaries, “Two” and “Growing up Gayby.” Her
feature documentary Gayby Baby is on Netflix US and reached
No. 1 on iTunes doc charts during its UK release. It caused a
national stir when it was banned by the Australian State Government
and is acknowledged as significant in the fight for Marriage Equality
and Adoption Equality in Australia.Sophie Hyde produced and co-directed the acclaimed feature
documentary Life in Movement, winner of the Australian
Documentary Prize and the Cinedans Jury and Audience prizes. She
produced Matt Bate’s feature documentaries Shut Up Little Man!
An Audio Misadventure and Sam Klemke’s Time Machine,
which both premiered at Sundance. She is a co-founder of film
collaborative, Closer Productions.
Rachel Naninaaq Edwardson is a critically acclaimed
Iñupiaq/Norwegian/Sami filmmaker and educator. She received the
Sundance Fellowship for her Iñupiaq Fantasy trilogy and short
film, and her History of the Iñupiat was the first
Native-funded, produced, written, and directed history documentary
series in the US. Rachel has worked in native educational reform
Across Alaska, and led educational initiatives in Australia.
Larissa Behrendt is the Professor of Law and Director of
Research at the Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning at the
University of Technology, Sydney. She was named as NAIDOC Person of
the Year. She wrote and directed the Walkley nominated documentary, Innocence Betrayed, that aired on NITV.
