We are privileged to be supporting the making of a documentary, in collaboration with Documentary Australia, 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.  The Nawarddeken Academy offers a unique model of bi-cultural, community-driven education in remote Indigenous communities in west Arnhem Land. The 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 Mamardawerre.  Learning is done on country and in the classroom, weaving Indigenous and non-Indigenous knowledge systems together.Key characters will include children in classrooms, Binninj (Indigenous) teachers and elders from community. The narrative structure will follow the six seasons of the Top End upon which the new school curriculum is based. The film will be observational in style, with young people seeking stories from elders, the past, present and future are interwoven.