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- 1 2 3 Piers Handling; Peter Morris; Andrew McIntosh. "Sad Song of Yellow Skin". Toronto International Film Festival . Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- 1 2 3 Rosenthal, Alan (16 January 2004). "Sad Song of Yellow Skin and Waiting for Fidel" (Interview with Michael Rubbo). Documentary Conscience: A Casebook in Film Making. University of California Press. pp. 232–244. ISBN 9780520040229 . Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ↑ "NFB production wins Aussie award". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix . Canadian Press. 5 July 1971. p. 5. Retrieved 23 November 2012.