Rotten Tomatoes
Cancel Movies Tv shows RT App News Showtimes

In My Blood It Runs

Play trailer Poster for In My Blood It Runs 2019 1h 24m Documentary Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist Tomatometer Popcornmeter
100% Tomatometer 11 Reviews 71% Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
Filmmaker Maya Newell follows a 10-year-old Aboriginal boy and his family as they strive to give him the best education possible.

Critics Reviews

View More
Matthew Monagle Austin Chronicle 06/27/2020
3.5/5
While the film may lack the conventional sociopolitical framework needed to locate it in the broader Australian experience, Newell and her subjects are a constant source of empathy and education. Go to Full Review Teo Bugbee New York Times 06/11/2020
Colonialism is a war that began hundreds of years ago and never ended. Its modern tactics and its weapons are noted with precision in the ferocious documentary, "In My Blood It Runs." Go to Full Review Luke Buckmaster Guardian 02/20/2020
4/5
In My Blood It Runs is Newell's best film yet. It feels like a turning point: the director's aesthetic choices reflecting the contents of her subject's character in different and exciting ways. Go to Full Review Jane Freebury The Canberra Times (Australia) 09/13/2021
3/5
Despite its commitment and sincerity, this gentle observational documentary about an Indigenous boy makes its points but doesn't address some weighty questions that remain Go to Full Review Carey-Ann Pawsey Orca Sound 10/05/2020
It is documentaries like this which attempts to open our eyes. Go to Full Review Glenn Dunks The Film Experience 09/18/2020
B+
I feel like I can easily say it's one of the best documentaries this country has produced in recent years. A work of emphatic poignancy... Go to Full Review Read all reviews
In My Blood It Runs

My Rating

Read More Read Less POST RATING WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW

Cast & Crew

View All

Maya Newell

Director

Carol Turner

Self

Dujuan Turner

Self

Megan Turner

Self

Felicity Anne Hayes

Executive Producer

Larissa Behrendt

Producer

More Like This

View All
Most Likely to Succeed 67% 100% Most Likely to Succeed Watchlist TRAILER for Most Likely to Succeed Seahorse: The Dad Who Gave Birth 100% 78% Seahorse: The Dad Who Gave Birth Watchlist Try Harder! 97% 85% Try Harder! Watchlist TRAILER for Try Harder! The Reason I Jump 97% 76% The Reason I Jump Watchlist TRAILER for The Reason I Jump Angels Are Made of Light 100% % Angels Are Made of Light Watchlist TRAILER for Angels Are Made of Light Discover more movies and TV shows. View More
View All

In My Blood It Runs

In My Blood It Runs (2019) View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis Filmmaker Maya Newell follows a 10-year-old Aboriginal boy and his family as they strive to give him the best education possible.
Director
Maya Newell
Producer
Larissa Behrendt, Rachel Naninaaq Edwardson, Sophie Hyde, Maya Newell
Production Co
Closer Productions
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
Australian English
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 31, 2020
Runtime
1h 24m
Aspect Ratio
HDTV