The Pulse of History: 'In My Blood It Runs' and Indigenous Identity

Depicting a ten-year-old Aboriginal boy's struggle to reconcile his cultural identity with the demands of a Western school system, Maya Newell's documentary raises timely questions about how to synthesise traditional culture and mainstream education – as well as framing its subject's story within the lingering history of Indigenous dispossession, as Suzie Gibson discusses.

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