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- 1 2 From an interview with the director, Show Me Your Indies, 28 August 2009.
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ From a Freedom Films India Archived 20 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine list of documentaries.