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- ↑ John Doyle, "John Doyle's Critical List". The Globe and Mail , February 5, 2000.
- ↑ Finbarr O'Reilly, "Documentaries, distilled to their purest essence: Hot Docs is an antidote to formula biographies". National Post , April 30, 2001.
- ↑ "Maelstrom storms the Genies". The Globe and Mail , December 13, 2000.
