Cursor, editing tools no longer appear in project

Two of my projects have recently stopped working properly. I can open the project and scroll over the video to change what appears in the preview screen, but the actual editing space is blank. The cursor changes if I try to select parts of the video, but I can't see what I'm doing. Trying to return to the Project Library also doesn't work. The only way to get out is to create a new project, then quit iMovie and relaunch it, at which point it starts in the new project.
Everything else functions correctly, and all other projects work correctly. The problem may stem from copying projects and related events to an external hard drive in iMovie, but all of the data is still on my actual hard drive. I've moved dozens of projects and events to the external hard drive, but it's only been a problem for two videos. I've restored the project from Time Machine, but that has not solved the problem.
Has anyone else seen this before? Any ideas?

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