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- ↑ "'It shouldn't have ended': New doc captures the '90s heyday of Maryland Parkway". Las Vegas Review-Journal. 8 October 2021. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
- ↑ "NETA Program Catalog Page". NETA. 26 March 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
- ↑ "2021 Awards". Silver State Film Festival. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
- ↑ "VFF21". The Valley Film Festival. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
- ↑ "'PJ Perez Lifts Local Voices in Maryland Parkway Documentary'". Off the Strip. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
- ↑ "Resurrecting the Bohemian ghosts of the parkway". NevadaState.news. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
- ↑ "'UNLV alumnus PJ Perez tells story of Maryland Parkway's culture scene in new documentary'". The Scarlet and Gray. 19 October 2021. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
