Why won't Imovie let me make a video longer than ten minutes?

This has never been a problem before.  I have made many videos on Imovie that are longer than ten minutes.  Now all of a sudden it won't let me make a video that is more than ten minutes long.  What is going on?
On a somewhat related note:  Not only am I having this hassle, but I had to create a whole new apple ID just to ask this question becasue for whatever reason Apple wouldn't accept my credintials ( not even my recovery credentials).  Then I had to try to log in five or six times because at first they wouldn't accept my new password, which I later found out was because I also needed to confirm my recovery adress, and then because I had to create a separate Apple Support ID.  I don't know about you, but I'm starting to get really sick and tired of having to jump through so many hoops just to accomplish the simplest tasks involving apple features.

Try copying it to your desktop, then importing into iMovie from there.

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