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- ↑ "Don't Knock the Ox". nfb.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ↑ Darrell Varga, Shooting from the East: Filmmaking on the Canadian Atlantic. McGill-Queen's University Press, 2015. ISBN 9780773546295. p. 156.
- ↑ Darrell Varga, Rain, Drizzle, Fog: Film and Television in Atlantic Canada. University of Calgary Press, 2009. ISBN 9781552382486. p. 11.
- ↑ Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1. pp. 93-95.
