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- ↑ "Watch Ian Harnarine’s Award-Winning ‘Doubles With Slight Pepper’ (Short Shouts!)". Indiewire , August 30, 2013.
- ↑ Radheyan Simonpillai, "A Canadian movie about Trinidadian doubles is in the works". Now , June 12, 2019.
- ↑ "Doubles free in NYC". Daily Express , June 25, 2015.
- ↑ "The Festival group releases Canada's annual top ten". Postmedia News, December 7, 2011.
- ↑ "Seeking a New York Audience for a Film Rooted in Trinidad". The New York Times , August 23, 2012.
