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- ↑ "Filming for "Flash Before the Bang" underway in Oregon". Daily Moth. July 25, 2024. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
- ↑ Ghosh, Suchismita (January 22, 2024). "Jessica Alba's 'Flash Before The Bang' Starts Filming in Oregon and Washington in March". The CinemaHolic. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
- ↑ "Movie filming in Salem seeking deaf and hard of hearing people to work as extras". Oregon Live. July 2, 2024. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
- ↑ "Movie based on Oregon School for the Deaf championship track team filming in Salem". Statesman Journal. July 19, 2024. Retrieved January 18, 2025.