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- ↑ "The Things I Cannot Change". Canadian Film Encyclopedia.
- ↑ "The Tragic Face of Poverty". Montreal Star , April 29, 1967.
- ↑ Frank Daley, "Television". Ottawa Journal , May 4, 1967.
- 1 2 Ina Warren, "Bailey family returns to film". Calgary Herald , December 26, 1984.
- ↑ Matthew Hays, "The Original Reality Show". The Walrus , November 17, 2015.
- ↑ "Canadian Film Festival Winners Booed". Montreal Gazette , August 14, 1967.
- ↑ "The Things I Cannot Change". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
