IMovie - no Projects and no events

When I first opened iMovie 10 I almost had a heart attack when all my projects were there with no media! Thank God I can still use the previous version of iMovie!
I tried this solution but iMovie keeps crashing when trying to re-import the media.
Is anyone experiencing the same problem?
TIA

The reply from Nerval fixed it. It is very simple and it works.
If you have a lot of Projects and  Events, leave the iMovie running for a long time. I had 160G and it took 4hrs. It is doing it in the background so don't shutdown too quick.
Thanks Nerval.

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