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- ↑ Cinequest Film: “Far East Deep South” Accessed 2 March 2020.
- ↑ Broadway World, Accessed 29 March 2021.
- ↑ Movie Guide. Accessed 2 May 2021.
- ↑ "PBS doc traces Chinese American link to Mississippi Delta". Pasadena Weekly. May 6, 2021.
- ↑ SAAFF 2021.
- ↑ "THE 2020 OXFORD FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES AWARD WINNERS". Production Hub. June 9, 2020.
- ↑ "2020 Festival Recap". PAAFF. November 1, 2020. Archived from the original on June 13, 2021. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
- ↑ WTFF Best Feature 2020.
- ↑ "Coronado Island Film Festival Wraps Up The Highly Successful 2021 Festival". Coronado Eagle & Journal | Coronado News | Coronado Island News. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
- ↑ Best of 2021.