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- ↑ "56th Academy Awards: DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject): Sewing Woman-- Arthur Dong, Producer (Nominee)." [ permanent dead link ]www.awardsdatabase.oscars.org. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
