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- ↑ "Exposure: Sports Ullistrated Swimsuit 2011 imdb page" - imdb
- ↑ "Macabre movies: No shortage of creepy flicks for the horror fan" - Marietta Times
- ↑ "Manny Perez epitomizes al padre que perdió the father who lost" - Hoy Digital
- ↑ "Cast and Crew of Forged appear on WVIA-TV's Pennsylvania Independent Film Festival" - Public Broadcasting
