The Nawarddeken Academy in offers a unique model of bi-cultural, community-driven education in remote Indigenous communities in west Arnhem Land. The Nawarddeken Academy was established at the request of local Indigenous elders, who wanted desperately for children to be able to access fulltime education in their home communities. Established in 2015 as a one-teacher classroom under a tarp, the Academy now operates three registered independent schools at Kabulwarnamyo (registered in early 2019), Manmoyi and Mamadawerre (registered in late 2021).
Documentary Australia is invited to executive produce a documentary that tells the successful story of homeland based schools teaching First Nations children both Indigenous and non- Indigenous knowledge systems. The documentary will be written and directed in creative collaboration with the Traditional Owners of the communities and world class First Nations creatives.
