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- ↑ Praise for East End girls in Film Festival Archived 2009-04-17 at the Wayback Machine London Evening Standard
- ↑ The End: interview with Nicola and Teena Collins Daily Telegraph
- ↑ The Real Goodfellas The Guardian
- ↑ Gypsy Culture Gets The Documentary Treatment In Do As You Likey Archived 2011-09-09 at the Wayback Machine Twitchfilm.com
