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- ↑ Zagreb International Film Festival "ZagrebFilmFestival | film programme | Bringing Down a Dictator". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
- ↑ Swarthmore Peace Week 2010, http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/EventList.aspx?fromdate=4/25/2010&todate=4/25/2010&display=Day&type=public&eventidn=5969&view=EventDetails&information_id=19372
- ↑ Cairo Human Rights Film Festival, http://www.cairofilm.org/filmfestival.html Archived 2010-03-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Harvard University PON, "PON Film Series: Bringing Down a Dictator". Archived from the original on 2011-07-03. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
- ↑ 7islands Film Festival, http://www.7islands.in/schedule_detail.html Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ UCLA International Institute, "UCLA International Hosts L.A. Preview Screening of Bringing Down a Dictator, UCLA International Institute". Archived from the original on 2007-08-23. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
- ↑ Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-08-19. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ G6 Summit, Calgary, Canada, http://www.david-kilgour.com/mp/film.htm