An Aboriginal boy who was nearly jailed at the age of 10 has urged the Northern Territory Government to raise the age of criminal responsibility, telling them to remember him "when you are making big laws about us".

Key points: A speech by Dujuan Hoosan, 12, was read in NT Parliament this week

A speech by Dujuan Hoosan, 12, was read in NT Parliament this week Dujuan, from Alice Springs and Borroloola, spoke to NT politicians about the way their decisions regarding youth crime and detention affect the lives of Aboriginal children

Dujuan, from Alice Springs and Borroloola, spoke to NT politicians about the way their decisions regarding youth crime and detention affect the lives of Aboriginal children The new documentary, In My Blood It Runs, follows Dujuan and his family's brush with the "school-to-prison" pipeline

Dressed in a tracksuit emblazoned with photographs of famous rappers — with hip-hop hero Tupac Shakur's face on both knees — Dujuan, now 12, watched on as his words were read in Parliament on Tuesday night.

The speech coincided with a screening at NT Parliament of the new documentary In My Blood It Runs, which follows Dujuan's struggles with the school system and police in Alice Springs.

Dujuan Hoosan watched on as his words were read in the Northern Territory Parliament. ( Supplied: Instagram )

In remarks read by Labor backbencher Chansey Paech, Dujuan told the listening politicians that he hoped they would "try and understand what it is like for kids like me and maybe you can find a way to make things more better".

The Arrernte and Garrwa boy said he had avoided youth detention at the age of 10 — the age that children can be arrested, charged and imprisoned in the Northern Territory — only with the strong support of his family, and that "lots of kids are not so lucky".

"I want you to stop cruelling 10-year-olds in jail," Dujuan said.

"I know I was real cheeky, but no kid should be in jail. I learnt that Australia is one of the only countries in the world that locks 10-year-olds up."

Proposed changes that would have raised the age of criminal responsibility were withdrawn by Labor earlier this year.

The Government instead put off the promise to implement the recommendation from the youth detention royal commission until after the next election, if it wins.

There's 'no wonder' Indigenous kids are disengaged

Dujuan also told Parliament about how he felt confused and disengaged with school, where "[the] history is for white people", and asked that Aboriginal people be empowered to run them instead.

"Let us speak our languages in school and learn about what makes us strong," he said.

"I think this would have helped me from getting into trouble, and getting locked up or taken away from welfare."

Dujuan Hoosan was 10 when filming for the documentary began. ( Supplied )

Documentary director Maya Newell said it was important to take the film to the NT Government, which "so often legislates on and about — but so rarely listens to — the kids at the heart of their policies".

She said she hoped Education Minister Selena Uibo, who helped host the group at Parliament, "had the political support" to make changes to the education system.

"[The film] captures what is described in America as the school-to-prison pipeline," she said.

It follows Dujuan through three separate schools, as he is kicked out for misbehaving and wagging.

"I think the way that we do education in the Territory and across Australia has a lot to answer for in terms of the disengagement of young Indigenous kids," Ms Newell said.

"It's no wonder that children are not engaged."

Ms Newell quoted Eastern Arrernte elder and educator MK Turner, an advisor on the film, who said: "Everyone's always talking about us getting our kids ready for school, but when are the schools going to be ready for our kids?"

After reading Dujuan's speech, Mr Paech, Labor's Member for Namatjira, said: "It is important that while significant work is being done in the Northern Territory, there is still much work to do".

In My Blood It Runs will premiere in the Northern Territory at the Darwin International Film Festival in September.