Dates and Times
01 June 2022
16:00 - 18:00
Event for
Location
Organiser
OATSILS & Office of the Vice-Chancellor
Enquiry
Louise Wardman
Event about:
Reconciliation Week Film Screening & Panel Discussion: In My Blood It Runs
The UC Community are invited to a Film Screening of In My Blood It Runs, followed by a panel discussion, as part of National Reconciliation Week at UC.
About the film
In My Blood It Runs follows the life of ten-year-old Arrernte/Garrwa boy Dujuan and his family. The film charts the challenges Dujuan faces as he meets the overt and concealed prejudices still perpetuated against Aboriginal people/First Australians in Australia today: in school, at home and on the streets of Alice Springs. In My Blood It Runs reveals the ways marginalised First Nations communities negotiate the colonial culture and keep their identities and cultures alive through self-determination, the revitalisation of languages and cultural practices.
Ten-year-old Dujuan is a child healer, a good hunter and speaks three languages. Yet Dujuan is ‘failing’ in school and facing increasing scrutiny from the police. As he travels perilously close to juvenile detention, his family fight to give him a strong Arrernte education alongside his western education. 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.
Light refreshments will be served. Registrations required.
UC acknowledges the Ngunnawal people, traditional custodians of the lands where Bruce campus is situated. We wish to acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of Canberra and the region. We also acknowledge all other First Nations Peoples on whose lands we gather.