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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ Elliott, Gwendolyn. "SIFF Guide: The Fall of The Funhouse". Seattle Weekly. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
- ↑ "Razing The Bar, 2014 SIFF Official Selection". SIFF. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ↑ Elliott, Gwendolyn. "Best of Seattle: Music Documentary". Seattle Weekly. Retrieved 6 Aug 2014.
