IMovie 10 Upgrade - old movies can't be viewed

When I upgraded to iMovie 10, my old movies could not import. Now I have to go into Finder to open with iMovie 9. Even then, I can only view the thumbnails and can't play the movie. Anyone know how to fix?

Hi CLCinTexas,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities. This article has some information about how to update your existing projects and events for the new version of iMovie:
iMovie (2013): Updating projects and events from previous versions of iMovie
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6012
Cheers,
- Ari

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