Apr 28, 2019
Dujuan's story is at the centre of a new documentary called In My Blood It Runs, which premiers Friday at the Hot Docs festival in Toronto.
When it comes to learning about his people's culture and history, Dujuan Hoosan is a star pupil.
A bright and confident 12-year-old boy of Arrernte and Garrwa descent, Dujuan is a skilled hunter, fluent in three languages and considered a healer by his people — a gift he inherited from his grandfather.
But in Australia's education system, he's been a struggling student who skips class, gets into trouble and fails his exams.
Now his story is at the centre of the documentary In My Blood It Runs, which explores how colonial school curriculums fail Indigenous children.
