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Confluence

Made for the Winnipeg Film Group’s 50th anniversary, Indigenous members of the collective meditate on the future of filmmaking.

Directors
Featuring

ODMK, Farrah Murdock, Darryl Nepinak, Rhayne Vermette, Charlene Moore

Credits
Country of Origin

Canada

Year

2025

Language

English

Film Contact
18+
11 min
Art, Music & Photography Experimental & Avant Garde Indigenous Cinema Shorts Women Directors

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

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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.

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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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