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- ↑ P.M. Cicchetti, "An Interview with The Human Surge’s Eduardo Williams," Reverse Shot (Museum of the Moving Image), March 2, 2017.
- Gustavo Beck, "Embracing Uncertainty: An Interview with Eduardo Williams," MUBI , August 8, 2016.
- Leo Goldsmith, "The Wanderer: Eduardo Williams’ The Human Surge," Cinema Scope 68 TIFF 2016.
- Vadim Rizov, "The Art of Walking: Eduardo Williams on The Human Surge," Filmmaker Magazine, January 18, 2017.
- Mark Peranson, "El auge del humano Archived 2018-12-21 at the Wayback Machine ," PardoLive, August 8, 2016.
