Movie wont open

I had been working on a movie in imovie and I stopped in June. Went I went to work on it today, it would not open. The movie is there in the movie file, but when I click on it imovie opens but with nothing. I have tried opening other movies and they work. How do I open this one?
Thank You

Hi neddy - welcome to the forum!
Control+Click on the project icon - it's really a package. Then click on Show Package Contents.
Open the Media folder - is anything there? All of your movie's clips should be in there.
You could also open the .mov file in the Cache folder and see if it plays.
Tell us what you find.

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