IMovie '08 movies & projects don't appear in '09

I apologize if this has been answered before, but I just upgraded to iMovie '09 and none of the movies I created in '08 or the projects I was working on in '08 appear in '09. I've not moved the '08 files -- they all appear in Finder -- but not in iMovie. I thought about importing them, but they're all "greyed" out.
I'm guessing it's something simple and basic, but I'm stumped.
Thanks.

if you have multiple hard drives like me they may be there, but are hidden until you hit the triangle next to the hard drive your projects are stored on. once i did that they "magically" appeared...hope it's an easy fix for you too

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