IMovie Won't Import Any Files

I've previously imported all of my GoPro videos into iMovie for editing without any issues.  Suddenly, when I try and import my most recent GoPro videos, it acts like it is going to import and displays the "Processing Event" box.  Then nothing happens.  I thought that was strange so I tried to import videos shot on my iPhone as well.  They also did not work.  I've now gone through and tried to import several different video formats and I always get the same response.  It acts like it is working, then nothing shows up. 
At the bottom of iMovie, I have the "Show All Clips" selected, so any available clips should appear in the event.  None of the files I'm trying to import are grayed out or anything, and I've never had issues in the past.  Not sure what has suddenly changed.  Please help.

Here's some additional information that is more frustrating.  I opened iMovie on my Mac Book Pro and did the same import on the same GoPro files and it worked fine.  No issues.  I can't figure out why it won't import on my iMac.  I also just updated my iMovie software to the latest version, and still no luck. 

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