Case study
In My Blood It Runs (2019)
Synopsis
When Dujuan cannot run nor fight alone, he faces the history that runs straight into him and realises that not only has he inherited the trauma and dispossession of his land, but also the resilience and resistance of many generations of his people.
Unquiet connection
Produced by Larissa Behrendt, Rachel Naninaaq Edwardson, Maya Newell, Sophie Hyde, and Lisa Sherrard. Directed by Maya Newell. Impact team - Unquiet.
Release
Premiere
Hot Docs Film Festival, Canada 2019
General release
Screened in over 50 film festivals around the world, theatrical release in Australia, USA, UK, virtual-cinema during Covid19 lockdowns, community and partner screenings and broadcast on ABC + Netflix (Aus), ARTE (Europe), POV/PBS (USA).
Key Impacts
The Arrernte and Garrwa families and communities behind this feature documentary have guided a multi-year impact campaign focusing on three main goals: education, juvenile justice and racism. The centring of self determination and agency of communities to lead their own solutions was the primary message that led this campaign.
11 year-old Dujuan speaking to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland.
Increasing the profile of the #RaisetheAge campaign - seeking to raise the age of incareration in Australian children
Supporting NIYEC to raise funds and launch the First Nations education campaign Learn Our Truth
Getting the film in to 2500+ classrooms (and counting) while helping launch the NIYEC Learn Our Truth campaign
Raising of 120k for a school on Dujuan's homelands with Children's Ground
Supporting the foundation of Utyerre Apanpe - a national network of First Nations educators leading reform in education by championing First Nations learning systems.
See more at https://inmyblooditruns.com/
Awards
2019 Best Documentary – Social & Political Issues ATOM Awards
2019 Best Documentary – AACTA Award Nominee
2019 Best Cinematography – AACTA Award Nominee
2019 Best Australian Documentary – Stronger than Fiction Film Festival
2019 Best Documentary Nominee - Warsaw International Film Festival
2019 Audience Award – Darwin International Film Festival
2019 Audience Award – Byron Bay Film Festival
2019 Best Documentary Nominee – Walkley Awards
2019 Best Documentary Nominee - Durban International Film Festival -
2020 Australian Critics Circle Awards – Nomination
2020 Winner of Best Feature Documentary – Olympia Film Festival (Greece)
2020 Best Direction in Documentary - Australian Directors Guild
2020 Best Socio-political Documentary Award -Beyond Borders Film Festival, Greece
2020 Winner Young Voltaire Human Rights Award - Dujuan Hoosan
Synopsis
When Dujuan cannot run nor fight alone, he faces the history that runs straight into him and realises that not only has he inherited the trauma and dispossession of his land, but also the resilience and resistance of many generations of his people.
Unquiet connection
Produced by Larissa Behrendt, Rachel Naninaaq Edwardson, Maya Newell, Sophie Hyde, and Lisa Sherrard. Directed by Maya Newell. Impact team - Unquiet.
When Dujuan cannot run nor fight alone, he faces the history that runs straight into him and realises that not only has he inherited the trauma and dispossession of his land, but also the resilience and resistance of many generations of his people.
Unquiet connection
Produced by Larissa Behrendt, Rachel Naninaaq Edwardson, Maya Newell, Sophie Hyde, and Lisa Sherrard. Directed by Maya Newell. Impact team - Unquiet.
Release
Premiere
Hot Docs Film Festival, Canada 2019
General release
Screened in over 50 film festivals around the world, theatrical release in Australia, USA, UK, virtual-cinema during Covid19 lockdowns, community and partner screenings and broadcast on ABC + Netflix (Aus), ARTE (Europe), POV/PBS (USA).
Premiere
Hot Docs Film Festival, Canada 2019
General release
Screened in over 50 film festivals around the world, theatrical release in Australia, USA, UK, virtual-cinema during Covid19 lockdowns, community and partner screenings and broadcast on ABC + Netflix (Aus), ARTE (Europe), POV/PBS (USA).
Key Impacts
The Arrernte and Garrwa families and communities behind this feature documentary have guided a multi-year impact campaign focusing on three main goals: education, juvenile justice and racism. The centring of self determination and agency of communities to lead their own solutions was the primary message that led this campaign.
11 year-old Dujuan speaking to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland.
Increasing the profile of the #RaisetheAge campaign - seeking to raise the age of incareration in Australian children
Supporting NIYEC to raise funds and launch the First Nations education campaign Learn Our Truth
Getting the film in to 2500+ classrooms (and counting) while helping launch the NIYEC Learn Our Truth campaign
Raising of 120k for a school on Dujuan's homelands with Children's Ground
Supporting the foundation of Utyerre Apanpe - a national network of First Nations educators leading reform in education by championing First Nations learning systems.
See more at https://inmyblooditruns.com/
Awards
2019 Best Documentary – Social & Political Issues ATOM Awards
2019 Best Documentary – AACTA Award Nominee
2019 Best Cinematography – AACTA Award Nominee
2019 Best Australian Documentary – Stronger than Fiction Film Festival
2019 Best Documentary Nominee - Warsaw International Film Festival
2019 Audience Award – Darwin International Film Festival
2019 Audience Award – Byron Bay Film Festival
2019 Best Documentary Nominee – Walkley Awards
2019 Best Documentary Nominee - Durban International Film Festival -
2020 Australian Critics Circle Awards – Nomination
2020 Winner of Best Feature Documentary – Olympia Film Festival (Greece)
2020 Best Direction in Documentary - Australian Directors Guild
2020 Best Socio-political Documentary Award -Beyond Borders Film Festival, Greece
2020 Winner Young Voltaire Human Rights Award - Dujuan Hoosan