The movie BLKNWS: Terms and Conditions From Beyoncé lemonade exit Khalil Youssef It has been withdrawn from Sundance Film Festival By the co-funder, the deadline has been confirmed.
Pic had its world premiere in the next section at the Park City, Utah festival.
“We are extremely disappointed to learn of this on Tuesday evening, January 21 Participating media Which they pulled BLKNWS: Terms and Conditions from the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. “We were looking forward to premiering the film to our audiences and will be reaching out to all customers who purchased tickets,” a statement from a Sundance representative said.
according to diverse Who first came up with the story The furore concerns the picture’s financier, Participant Media, which has legally accused the director of making a second version of the film that was submitted to film festivals, including Berlin. We’ve reached out to representatives for the participant and Joseph to get their official responses. We will update the report when we hear back.
“Prominent West African curator and scholar Funmilayo Akechukwu, his magnum opus,” reads the image’s tagline. resonance field, He leads her into the heart of the Atlantic Ocean, drawing the journalist on a journey that shatters her understanding of consciousness and time.
What’s strange about all this is that a socially conscious award-winning production company and film financier is involved It closed its doors last April After 20 years of work. At the time, one of the dangling titles to be released was BLKNWSIn association with A24. Variety reports that A24 is no longer associated with experimental film that blurs the lines between journalism, art, etc. When Participant, founded by Jeff Skoll, closed, it let go of its 100-person staff except for core employees who were sitting on their remaining production.
BLKNWS: Terms and Conditions Produced by Onye Anyanwu, Amy Greenleaf and Nic Gonda. Joseph is the director, writer and producer. The film is written by Saidia Hartman and Irvin Hunt.
The Sundance Film Festival runs from January 23 to February. 2.
