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- ↑ "Jury Awards announced for 12th annual Indie Memphis Film Festival". Indie Memphis, 11 October 2009. Accessed 23 October 2017
- ↑ "SHOOTING ROBERT KING". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
