Made for the Winnipeg Film Group’s 50th anniversary, Indigenous members of the collective meditate on the future of filmmaking.
ODMK, Farrah Murdock, Darryl Nepinak, Rhayne Vermette, Charlene Moore
Canada
2025
English
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Credits & Director
Producer
Charlene Moore
Screenwriter
Charlene Moore, ODMK
Cinematography
ODMK, Charlene Moore
ANIM
ODMK, Charlene Moore
Editor
Charlene Moore
Original Music
J.P. Peters
Charlene R Moore
Charlene R Moore is an award-winning queer Cree, Saulteaux, and Welsh filmmaker and member of York Factory First Nation based in Winnipeg on Treaty One territory. As a writer, director, producer, and actor, her focus is on narrative sovereignty, and she has written, directed, and produced several short films that have been nationally broadcast and internationally screened.
Oliver Darrius Merrick King
Oliver Darrius Merrick King (professionally known as ODMK) is an award-winning filmmaker from James Smith Cree Nation currently residing in Winnipeg, Manitoba. ODMK is a writer, director, editor, producer, animator, and actor currently writing his debut feature film, The Cree/mer. He also co-produced Levers (2025) alongside Charlene R Moore and Rhayne Vermette.
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