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- ↑ Christine Lucy Latimer - Digital America
- ↑ Christine Lucy Latimer, Media Archeologist - Pleasure Dome
- 1 2 3 MUBI
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- ↑ Open City Cinema presents: Stephen Broomer vs. Toronto|Experimental Cinema
- ↑ Fragile Systems: Films and Videos bu Christine Lucy Latimer|Cinema Studies Institute