iTunes refuses to carry two Sundance animated shorts
iTunes has refused to carry two animated short films: Teat Beat of Sex and Because Washington is Hollywood for Ugly People. Apparently they were rejected because they were too explicit and too political.
The deal was supposed to have included downloads via iTunes, Netflix, and Xbox, but neither film is available from any of the three services.
Karl Cohen, president of ASIFA-SF, commented: “I see this as another stupid act of censorship that illustrates the dangers of having a few corporations in control of our media. Teat Beat of Sex was commissioned for European television by a distributor and it is being shown there, but it’s considered too controversial to show on iTunes, Netflix, and Xbox. Isn’t something wrong with this picture?”
Update via AWN: The Sundance shorts need to go through a review committee for content and technical issues before they can make it into the iTunes store. A Sundance spokesman said that they should have an answer from iTunes by the end of the week and that the festival is pushing to have all the films it submitted online.
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