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- ↑ Zoë Druick, "Vancouver Cinema in the Sixties". Ruins in Process.
- ↑ Les Wedman, "Etrog our Oscar". Vancouver Sun , October 6, 1972.
- ↑ Carole Corbeil, "The stars are coming out for Toronto's film festival". The Globe and Mail , September 6, 1984.
