Australia's version of Boyhood shows an Aboriginal boy's journey to manhood

By Garry Maddox
Updated March 29 2017 - 10:08am, first published 9:53am
ARTS/NEWS:  Alec Doomadgee  and his son Zach who feature in the documentary Zach's Ceremony, which opens next week. It follows Zach over 10 years as he grows up and deals with his looming initiation ceremony, questions about his culture and the fact he feels too white for his family and Aboriginal friends yet too black for his white city friend. Photograph by Edwina Pickles. Taken on 27th march 2017. Photo: Edwina Pickles
ARTS/NEWS: Alec Doomadgee and his son Zach who feature in the documentary Zach's Ceremony, which opens next week. It follows Zach over 10 years as he grows up and deals with his looming initiation ceremony, questions about his culture and the fact he feels too white for his family and Aboriginal friends yet too black for his white city friend. Photograph by Edwina Pickles. Taken on 27th march 2017. Photo: Edwina Pickles

It was shot over 10 years as a boy grows up - facing all the dramas of the teenage years - from the age of six to 16.

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