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- ↑ "Jessie Maple Collection, 1971-1992". Black Film Center/Archive. Indiana University. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ↑ "Jessie Maple". IMDB. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ↑ "Twice As Nice". Film Society of Lincoln Center. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ↑ "Sisters in Cinema - Feature Films Directed by African American Women". www.sistersincinema.com. Sisters in Cinema. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ↑ "Twice as Nice: Calendar: IU Cinema: Indiana University Bloomington". www.cinema.indiana.edu. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ↑ "57 Films To Be Saved Through the NFPF's 2015 Preservation Grants". www.film-foundation.org. National Film Preservation Foundation. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ↑ "Jessie Maple's Twice as Nice at IU Cinema, Sunday, Jan. 29". Black Film Center/Archive. 26 January 2017.
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