IMove won't recognize video in iPhoto

How do I get iMove to recognize videos in iPhoto?
I uploaded videos to iPhoto from my cmaera and now iMovie does not see them.
What is the work-around?

After quitting iPhoto and iMovie multiple times with no results I restarted my MBP. That corrected the problem. Maybe  a bad Preferences file?

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