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Very Present

Conor McNally

2020 5 min

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How does prolonged confinement shape our experience of time? Filmmaker Conor McNally explores the question in the company of his brother Riley, a young man who’s learning to cope with a new—yet strangely familiar—reality.

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How does prolonged confinement shape our experience of time? Filmmaker Conor McNally explores the question in the company of his brother Riley, a young man who’s learning to cope with a new—yet strangely familiar—reality.

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Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis)

Law and Crime

All subjects

Indigenous Cinema

Credits

• writer
  Conor McNally
  
• director
  Conor McNally
  
• participation
  Riley McNally
  
• producer
  Coty Savard
  
• executive producer
  David Christensen
  
• camera
  Conor McNally
  
• editing
  Conor McNally
  
• sound design
  Dmitri Bandet
  
• mix
  Dmitri Bandet
  
• music
  Riley McNally
  
• transcripts
  Patricia Garry
  
• marketing manager
  Johanna Lessard
  
• publicist
  Katja De Bock
  
• studio administrator
  Devon Supeene
  
• studio operations manager
  Darin Clausen
  
• senior production coordinator
  April Dunsmore
  
• production supervisor
  Esther Viragh
  
• technical coordinator
  Luc Binette
  
• legal counsel
  Christian Pitchen
  

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