Simple button navigation script

This question is so simple-I can't really find the answer
anywhere, but as a complete NooB I have no idea how to make this
work. I have a nested movie 1 layer down from main stage that has
several navigation buttons that move to different main stage
labeled frames. I get an 1120 error because I am somehow not
calling them out on the script. I have named the instances..so
that's not the problem. I think I just need to somehow direct the
script to the nested location. If I move the buttons to the main
stage I get no errors and it all works perfectly. Please help.
Here's a sample script for the button:

ok..not to mix things up but here's the instance name of
button I'm currently working on: "buttonbio".
It's located in a mc called "movFilmbackground". I'm trying
to get the playhead to go to the frame label "bio" on the main
stage.
If I put the first code in...on the main stage at the
beginning of the timeline, nothing happens when I try the button...
If I put the second code in.. I get 1120 error.."access of
undefined property buttonbio" & 1180 error "call to possibly
undefined method movFilmbackgound"
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