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- 1 2 "Over 50 years ago, tragedy struck this Nunavut community. Zacharias Kunuk's new film wants answers". CBC Arts, October 19, 2018.
- ↑ "The World’s Biggest Indigenous Screen-Content Festival Grows". Canadian Art , October 15, 2018.
