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- ↑ The Renegades: American Avant-Garde Film, 1960--1973-Walker Art Center on YouTube
- ↑ The Renegades: American Avant-Garde Film, 1960--1973
- ↑ Gunvor Nelson: My Name is Oona (1969, 2 min excerpt) on Vimeo posted by Filmfourm
- ↑ MacDonald, Scott (1998). A Critical Cinema 3: Interviews with Independent Filmmakers. University of California Press. p. 188.
- ↑ Weiss, Danny (March 18, 1971). "A New Consciousness". Show Business Illustrated.
- ↑ Vogel, Amos (March 18, 1971). "Sweet fireworks". The Village Voice .
- ↑ Chow, Andrew R. (December 11, 2019). "See the 25 New Additions to the National Film Registry, From Purple Rain to Clerks". Time . Retrieved March 27, 2021.