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- ↑ Teodoro, José (August 22, 2013). "The Oxbow Cure". NOW . Retrieved August 24, 2019.
- ↑ Hertz, Barry (December 24, 2018). "The top 10 Canadian films of 2018". The Globe and Mail . Retrieved August 19, 2019.
- ↑ "Vancouver film critics award 'The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open'". North Shore News, January 7, 2020.
