Can't open recently made iDVD projects

I recently went into iDVD to watch an old slideshow/movie that I had made a couple months ago. I tried to open it and got this message:
The following files could not be found: Type
/Users/stacielebano/Documents/Cuba 2009-DVD.dvdproj/Content Audio
/Users/stacielebano/Documents/Cuba 2009-DVD.dvdproj/Content Video
Another message I get when I ignore the first one:
Broken link
/Users/stacielebano/Documents/Cuba 2009-DVD.dvdproj/Contents/Resources/iMovie/movie
I tried to open other projects I have made and got the same message. I went into iMovie and all of the raw footage is still there. I updated iDVD, thinking that might solve the problem, but it didn't. Very frustrated, because of the time spent on these projects. Yes, I have them burned onto a DVD, but we like to watch them on occasion on the mac.
Any suggestions????
Thanks,
Stacie

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